On Tuesday, Deli government was asked to map the schools across the city indicating the availability of science and commerce streams. The directions were sent to the government of Delhi after Delhi High Court received a petition regarding the uneven distribution of the science and commerce streams in the schools of Delhi.
The plea said that numerous schools in the capital are part of 'shadow pockets' and they do not offer science and commerce streams in their schools.
“There are a total of 41 government schools in central Delhi, wherein only 2 schools offer science stream throughout the entire district, whereas in north east district of Delhi, there are as many as 18 schools out of total 38 which offer science stream at intermediate level,” said the plea.
According to the court, there will be a map of government and government aided schools which will list the availability of the streams in the schools.
The matter will be heard on Feb 26, 2018 and Delhi government and CBSE have been asked by the court to file their responses to the petition.
During the hearing, Ramesh Singh of Delhi government said that there is no complaint from any students about not getting the school in 3 km range of his house. The plea, on the other hand alleged that "there is “non uniformity and ‘cherry-picking’ practice” in the offering of streams to students at the intermediate level in government schools."
“Though there are government educational institutions offering science and commerce streams at intermediate level, the distribution of such schools offering science and commerce streams is alarmingly uneven. It is evident from the government records that there are ‘shadow pockets’ in different regions of Delhi that do not offer science and commerce streams at all, in their academic curriculum,” the plea said.
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