{"id":354013,"date":"2025-06-02T05:45:15","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/?p=354013"},"modified":"2025-06-02T05:45:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:15:50","slug":"doe-issues-admission-guidelines-for-children-with-special-needs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/doe-issues-admission-guidelines-for-children-with-special-needs\/","title":{"rendered":"DoE issues admission guidelines for Children with Special Needs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"417\" src=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs-1024x417.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-354014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs-1024x417.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs-300x122.jpg 300w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs-768x313.jpg 768w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs-1536x626.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs-696x284.jpg 696w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs-1068x435.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs-1031x420.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/tehelka.com\/media\/2025\/06\/DoE-issues-admission-guidelines-for-Children-with-Special-Needs.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Photo: Naveen Bansal<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) stated that children identified with \u201cbenchmark disability\u201d are eligible for applying for entry level classes in all private unaided recognized schools under Economically Weaker Section, Disadvantaged group and CWSN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the circular, children identified with intellectual disability, specific learning disability, autism spectrum disorder, or related categories may also be considered based on assessment or diagnostic reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Person with \u201cbenchmark disability\u201d is a person with not less than forty percent of a specified disability where specified disability has not been defined in measurable terms and includes a person with disability where specified disability has been defined in measurable terms, as certified by the certifying authority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The DoE stated, \u201cSchools must admit at least 25 percent of strength at the entry level classes by children belonging to the Economically Weaker Section, Disadvantaged group and CWSN in neighborhood and provide free and compulsory education till completion of elementary education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDirectorate of Education is once again facilitating admissions of Children with Disabilities (CWSN) Category in Private Unaided Recognized Schools under Delhi School Education Act &amp; Rules, 1973 and RTE Act, 2009, at the entry level classes (Pre-school\/Nursery, Pre-primary\/KG and Primary\/Class-1) for academic session 2025-2026 through Computerized Online Admission System,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Under the guidelines, a child can avail only one-time benefit for admission at entry level under CWSN category in Private Unaided Recognized Schools. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cA child already admitted under CWSN category cannot apply again for admission under CWSN category in Private Unaided Recognized Schools,\u201d it added.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) stated that children identified with \u201cbenchmark disability\u201d are eligible for applying for entry level classes in all private unaided recognized schools under Economically Weaker Section, Disadvantaged group and CWSN. According to the circular, children identified with intellectual disability, specific learning disability, autism spectrum disorder, or related categories may also [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"featured_media":354014,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2014],"tags":[19724,18108,19480,18228,18820],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354013"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/users\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354013"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354013\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":354016,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354013\/revisions\/354016"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media\/354014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354013"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354013"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tehelka.com\/rest-api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354013"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}