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Maharashtra MBBS admissions: Medical aspirants, parents meet Minister over concerns against the EWS quota in private medical colleges

July 30, 2025 10:14 am

Shenoy further added that parents are willing to move court in case the government insists on EWS quota implementation without additional intake

'My son scored 95%, no one admitting him': Parents worried after CBSE withdraws school's affiliation, leaves EWS students stranded

April 12, 2025 6:08 pm

Aggrieved by the order, the father of a student moved the Delhi High Court last month. On March 12, the HC directed the CBSE to ensure that the students are admitted to a school of an equivalent level. A month on, some parents are struggling to find schools that will take in their children.

Internal inequalities must stay at the heart of sub-quota conversation

October 14, 2024 10:49 am

It is distressing that arguments used against reservation earlier are being used now to oppose sub-categorisation within Scheduled Castes.

High Court orders merger of school IDs in bid to ‘serve larger goal of RTE Act’

August 24, 2024 5:31 am

The Delhi High Court also directed that every private unaided recognised school in Delhi should appoint a dedicated nodal officer for overseeing the admission process of students under the EWS/DG category.

Modern School lets EWS students who were asked to leave to repeat Class 9

May 11, 2024 7:56 am

The mother of a student who was involved in NCC activities said she is now considering asking her daughter to stop participating in them and focus on her studies.

Admission process yet to take off, wait for school gets longer for EWS students, disadvantaged groups

April 12, 2024 3:34 am

A total of 22% seats at the entry level in private schools are reserved for students from the EWS and DG category while 3% of seats are reserved for differently abled students.

Bal Bharati School insists Class 8 EWS students pay fee to retain admission, parents file a complaint again

March 30, 2024 3:25 am

The complaint, dated March 26, was submitted to and received by the office of the Deputy Director of Education, Southwest.

Pay fee or withdraw admission: Class 8 EWS students of Bal Bharti School told

March 21, 2024 10:25 am

With the school asking them to pay fees from Class 9 onwards, parents have written to the Directorate of Education (DoE) seeking its intervention.

In Delhi’s private schools, entry-level admission for EWS category students delayed

March 10, 2024 8:50 am

In private unaided schools, 25% of seats are reserved for the EWS, DG and CWSN students; with 3% of this for CWSNs.

No applications yet for 3,000 EWS seats in Delhi’s private schools; Over 6,000 seats still vacant

December 29, 2023 7:51 am

The data was submitted to the Delhi Assembly in response to a question asked by Leader of Opposition, Ramvir Singh Bidhuri.

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