free seats

Delhi High Court today directed all unaided, recognised and private schools to mandatorily slot minimum 10 per cent free seats for economically weak students and another five percent for children of its staffers, including those in teaching and non-teaching category, for the next academic session of 2008-2009. The court explained in its order that “financial viability” of the institution would suffer if an increased percentage of freeship was decided upon, even as it took note of submissions by the schools that they would have to substantially hike the fee of the “able-bodied” students to afford the free seats.