Chandigarh, Feb. 14 -- As a draw of lots was conducted for EWS admissions in entry-level classes in the private non-minority schools of the city for the 2025-26 session on Thursday, not all private schools are willing to admit EWS students. Vivek High School has once again this year objected to enrolling EWS students even as a case is already going on in the Punjab and Haryana high court.

Out of 3,071 applicants, 850 have been allotted seats. As per the National Education Policy (NEP), entry-level classes are divided into three stages-nursery, LKG and UKG-but each school can give its names to these classes. At least 775 seats have been allotted in pre-primary level 1, 35 in pre-primary level 2 and 40 in pre-primary level 3. While UT educ...