The new December 18 norms issued by the L-G increased the weightage of the 'neighbourhood' criteria and did away with the 'management quota' in admission.

The guidelines had come under sharp criticism from unaided private schools, which complain that their autonomy in the student selection process has been taken away.

The Arvind Kejriwal-led Delhi government had come out in support of the untested guidelines, saying it was ready to correct and learn from this year's experience.

New norms give 70 out of 100 points to 'neighbourhood' criteria, giving children living within an 8-km radius of the school a priority in admission.

The 20% 'management quota' has also been eliminated, leaving only 5% 'staff quota' at the discretion of the schools. The remaining seat will be allotted to open category except another five per cent girl's quota for co-ed schools.

Private schools have stressed their right to have a 'management quota', saying it has been upheld by numerous judgments of the Supreme Court.

The city has around 1.25 lakh nursery seats as against almost 1.50 lakh applicants. The top 50 schools get most applications even as seats remain vacant in the remaining 1,000 schools.


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