After being delayed by nearly two months, the second computerised draw for admissions under the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category was today conducted by Delhi Government in which over 4,700 seats for entry level classes in private schools were alloted.

The nursery admission process began from January 1 and was to conclude by March 31. However, failure on schools' part to complete the process under the first list of draw of lots held on February 15 and compile the data of vacant seats with several deadlines lapsing, contributed to an excessive delay in the process.

While the classes began in April itself, now the schools are closed for summer vacation and the students allotted seats in the second draw will be able to join school only after the summer break.

The Directorate of Education (DoE) had received over 73,059 applications for nursery, UKG and Class 1 against the total numbers of 28,193 seats.

Out of 28,193 seats, 26,604 were alloted in February through computerised draw, an experiment that was introduced by the Delhi government for the first time.

Earlier this month, two adjustment rounds were conducted in which 1134 successful candidates of the first round were adjusted in other schools due to various justified reasons.

"In the second round of draw of lots today, a total of 4799 candidates were allotted schools out of 7687 vacancies considered during this round," an official statement said.

"Out of the students who were allotted seats in the first round, 16977 have been admitted. While 266 have been provisionally admitted and 531 have been rejected. A total of 7263 candidates did not report," it added.

Identifying over 300 schools as "defaulters" for not sharing the status of admissions under the EWS and Disadvantaged Group (DG) category, DoE had last month formed teams to conduct random inspections in private schools.

Twenty-four teams comprising three members each visited the schools to verify if the admissions have been granted as per the admission list submitted by the school.