New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Thursday stayed the AAP government's order on nursery admissions scrapping many criteria including management quotas.
In a victory for private schools, the court said they can keep 11 out of the 62 criteria scrapped recently by the Arvind Kejriwal government. .
This included the management quota, called the "biggest scandal in the education sector" by CM Kejriwal.
The case has been listed for further arguments in March.
The schools had wanted some criteria -- like national and sports awardees, children of martyrs and school transport staff -- to be considered during admissions.
Last month, the Delhi government scrapped 62 “discriminatory” criteria, including management quota, but retained the 25% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS).
Petitions against this circular were filed by the Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private Schools and Forum for Promotion of Quality Education For All.
They claimed that the order violated earlier judgments by the Supreme Court annd the High Court on the autonomy of private unaided schools to regulate their admissions.
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