Mixed response to quota in nursery admissions
New Delhi As Delhi's schools on Friday continued announcing their final lists for nursery admissions, many poor parents in Delhi expressed relief over the 25 percent reservation of seats for their children, while others expressed doubts. The Right to Education (RTE) Act implemented last year has increased the reservation for children from the economically weaker section (EWS) of the society from 15 percent to 25 percent. Under the reservation system, the expenses for the children's elementary education in private schools will be reimbursed by the government. "To some extent, the 25 percent reservation has helped us because the same private schools never bothered to look at us, forget about giving admission to our child," said Deba Mishra, an auto-rickshaw driver in north Delhi. "For the first time, someone in our family will be going to an English-medium school," added Mishra, whose four-year-old daughter got admission in Goodley Public School in north Delhi...