Admission criteria of school excellence challenged
The admission criteria at Delhi government’s School of Excellence (SOE) have been challenged at Delhi High Court by a student.
According to the petitioner, asking for higher marks for admission in Class XI at the school is discriminatory and unjustifiable.
The petition has been filed by advocate Ashok Agarwal on behalf of a student who had passed his Class X from a regular government school in Trilokpuri.
In want of better education, the student had applied for admission in the science stream at the school.
SOE’s are special English medium schools started by the government. There are five such schools in the city.
As the student has just 49% marks in Hindi as against the required 51% marks, he was denied admission.
To get admission in SOE in science stream, a student requires 71% marks in mathematics, 71% in science, 61% in English, 51% in social science and 51% in Hindi in their Class X results. In English, the petitioner’s marks are 87, 73 in maths, 77 in science and 57 in social science.
However, in other government schools, the requirement for admission in the science stream is 55% aggregate marks with 50% in English, mathematics and science.
The petition states, “It is submitted that action/inaction on the part of the respondent government are arbitrary, unjustified, discriminatory, irrational against public interest, opposed to public policy, violative of Articles 14 and 21 of the Constitution of India read with the provisions of the Delhi School Education Act & Rules, 1973 made there under.”
The petition also challenges the government for running different types of schools such as SOE and RPVV. There are total of 24 RPVV’s in the city.
“All these schools are public-funded but have different standards of education, different kind of facilities and arrangements. It is also submitted that the best of teachers in the education department are selected for teaching in SOE and RPVV School of Excellence and RPVV schools. Not only this, merit-based and through entrance examination, students are selected for education in both SOE and RPVV schools,” adds the petition.
Admission criteria of school of excellence challenged in court
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