There is yet, something to cheer about. The 100-point system for admission formulated by the Ashok Ganguly Committee has come under scrutiny, and the government has been asked to come up with other solutions by November 7. Though the point system has been revised after protests from schools and parents, it remains controversial. (If admissions are held according to the 100-point system this year, there are 30 points for distance as opposed to 20 last year, and schools get marginally more autonomy; their discretionary points have gone up to 25 from 20.) In a city where there is no equitable distribution of schools, this is grossly unfair. There are over 30 schools in Vasant Kunj and barely 5 in East Delhi.

There are no simple answers to Delhi’s school crisis. There are over 2000 government schools on prime real estate across the city that nobody wants to send their kids to. Only once they are overhauled, or privatised, will there be a classroom for all children.