The registration process for the school admission at government schools in Delhi is over. Lakhs of parents’ swarm to various schools in the city in the hope of securing a place for their children to receive a quality education. Adding to the many woes of the parents, a government school, identified as Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya in Anand Vihar at the capital city denied admission to kids who could not submit their permanent residence proof of Delhi. Reportedly the father of three children approached the Delhi High Court. The HC in its verdict said that not having an “address proof” of Delhi is not a valid ground to deny admission to the children in government schools. Delhi Govt Introduces 100 More Libraries in Its Schools; Students to Be the Bookkeeper. 

The Indian Express quoted the petition which further read that the refusal of admissions is “arbitrary, discriminatory, illegal, unconstitutional, and violative of fundamental rights.” Hearing the plea, Justice C Hari Shankar ordered Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya to grant admission to the three children who live in Ghaziabad. “The Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyala is at a distance of 2-3 km from their residence, and there is no justification not to grant admission to wards of my client merely on the ground that they are not residents of Delhi… In case they were not allowed to attend classes… in any other government school nearby in the academic year 2018-19, their studies would suffer badly,” the petition added. Delhi Schools Adopt 'Project Dhoop'; Noon Assembly to Help Increase Absorption of Vitamin D Among Students. 

The family’s identification was not revealed in the report. Meanwhile, the Delhi High Court refused to interfere with the decision of the city government schools to fill all the seats available under the economically weaker section (EWS) quota through computerised draw of lots. As per earlier reports, a bench of Chief Justice dismissed the petition by Divine Organisation Rural Education (DORE) seeking not to implement the online system of admissions in schools.

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