Overview
- Delhi’s Directorate of Education set the Class 6–8 entrance exam for September 13 with hall tickets to be released on September 10.
- The test will be a bilingual OMR paper covering Hindi, English, general awareness, mental ability and numerical aptitude, lasting 150 minutes with extra time for children with special needs.
- The timeline has been revised multiple times, shifting from the initially planned August 30 to September 6 and now to September 13.
- The CM SHRI Schools initiative, allocated ₹100 crore in the 2025–26 Delhi budget and aligned with NEP 2020, is designed to upgrade public education on the PM SHRI model.
- Policy provisions include at least 50% seats for government and government-aided school students and a 5% marks relaxation for SC, ST, OBC (non-creamy layer) and CWSN applicants, while post-exam result and admission dates vary across reports and should be verified on the DoE website.