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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Govt scraps 3-yr 'stay in Delhi' rule for EWS kids -Shikha Sharma

Govt scraps 3-yr 'stay in Delhi' rule for EWS kids -Shikha Sharma

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published Published on Nov 17, 2013   modified Modified on Nov 17, 2013
-The Indian Express


New Delhi: Spelling relief to children of migrants seeking admission under the Economically Weaker Section quota, Directorate of Education (DoE) has amended the definition of "children belonging to weaker section". It scrapped the minimum three-year residency period that was mandated for seeking admission under the quota in Delhi schools.

The Department issued a notification to all private-unaided schools in the capital acting on a High Court order last month.

Coming down heavily on the government for "sub-classifying children belonging to weaker sections" on basis of residency, the Delhi High Court had quashed the rule requiring migrant parents to stay in the city for three years continuously in order for their children to be admitted in a private school under the EWS category.

"The High Court has restricted the meaning of child belonging to weaker section only to mean a child whose parents having a total annual income of less than Rs 1 lakh from all sources. The minimum residency period of three years for applying for admission under EWS/DG categories has been quashed. The above directions of the court are to be complied with by all private-unaided schools," the DoE notification stated.

The court had said that the government could "not issue such instructions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon it" as it went against provisions of the RTE Act.

In an affidavit filed before the High Court, DoE had said in order to study in a private-unaided school under EWS category, a migrant child needs to have stayed in Delhi for three years so that his "education did not go waste".

"A child whose parents have a total income of Rs 1 lakh, irrespective of the period of his stay in Delhi, shall be deemed to be a child belonging to the weaker section and shall be entitled to be considered for admission in the category of "children belonging to weaker sections," the HC order had stated.


The Indian Express, 17 November, 2013, http://www.indianexpress.com/news/govt-scraps-3yr-stay-in-delhi-rule-for-ews-kids/1195878/


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