Delhi SoSEs offer specialised education to students of classes 9 to 12 in four domains -- science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); humanities, performing and visual arts, and “high- end 21st-century skills.”
Soon after the collaboration of Delhi government with the International Baccalaureate (IB) for its state board (Delhi Board of School Education), the education department received over 4,500 applications on day one of admission to its 20 Schools of Specialised Excellence (SoSE). These schools will be among the 30 government schools affiliated to the board in the first phase.
SoSEs offer specialised education to students of classes 9 to 12 in four domains - science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM); humanities, performing and visual arts, and “high- end 21st-century skills.” While the department has reserved 1,920 seats for STEM, 600 seats have been reserved for humanities and skills each, and 240 for performing and visual arts in the 20 SoSEs.
Since existing resource-rich government schools, such as the School of Excellence and the Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, are being converted into 20 SoSEs in the first phase, class 9 and 11 students registered under the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) in RPVV and SOE will be studying in the SoSE under the CBSE board.
Heads of schools have been using various ways to counsel existing students and make them aware of the new state board. Several principals have roped in school management committee (SMC) members to inform stakeholders, including parents and teachers, about the new board. Teachers and principals are also using WhatsApp groups among their own circles to disseminate information among multiple stakeholders, including private schools.
An interested applicant can visit SoSE online platform hosted on the education department’s portal and register till August 19. Admissions to these courses will be conducted by assessing the applicant’s aptitude and interest, through a test and an interface, where necessary. The tests will be conducted between August 23 to 29, following which the merit-list and allocation of the school campus will be released by end of August.
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