Mumbai: 25 per cent seats reserved for EWS in school admissions

As the admission for the economically weaker sections began in Mumbai on February 9, 2017, over 3,000 applications have been received so far.

Under the Right to Education (RTE) Act, 25 per cent seats are reserved for the economically weaker sections.

Withstanding the technical glitches in the online application process which had deterred the admission process, the education department of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to conduct the first round of seat allocation on February 28.

“We plan to hold the first round of lottery on February 28, three days after the last date of application,” said Prakash Charhate, deputy education officer, as reported in Hindustan Times.

Charhate further reiterated that first round of admission will be confirm in four days before the second round of seats allocation.

More on the news:

• While 9,664 seats are available under the RTE admission last year, only 7,449 seats are available for this year

• The numbers of schools have gone up to 334 from 317

• The number of seats in pre-primary sections have also reduced to 1,884 from 3,359

• Unlike in the previous years, government allowed schools to choose to reserved seats in the pre-primary level and in Class 1

• Following this, several schools have decided Class 1 as their entry level

• According to RTE Act, 25 per cent seats are reserved for the economically weaker section to promote free and compulsory education
• source”cnbc”