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Calendars, criteria, and how to read between the lines of an admissions cycle.
The second allotment round of the 25% Right to Education quota is live this week in Maharashtra and Karnataka. If your child missed the first list or lottery, here is exactly what to do, by when, and the documents to keep ready.
Haryana has released its RTE 2026 allotment, with 21,752 of 31,009 applicants getting free private-school seats. An allotment is not an admission. Here is the practical, step-by-step guide for parents on document verification, deadlines, and what to do if your child was not allotted.
Karnataka's RTE 25% quota first-round seat allocation is set for May 25, 2026, with verified families reporting between May 26 and June 8. For roughly three lakh applicants chasing about thirty-seven thousand seats, the next two weeks decide a Class 1 or LKG seat in June — or a wait for round two on June 12. Here is the practical brief for parents.
Maharashtra's Class 11 centralised admissions launched on May 21 and the portal promptly buckled. CAP Round 1 was extended by a day to May 23 at 6 pm, with the first allotment list on May 26. Here is a parent's working brief on what to lock, what to leave open, and the four mistakes that will cost a child a seat.
Maharashtra released its RTE 25% Selection List 1 for 2026-27 on May 15, with allotted families due to report by May 23. For private school administrators, the next eight days are the operational squeeze of the admissions calendar. Here is the working brief for principals on processing Selection List 1 without losing the rest of the cycle.
Maharashtra's Education Commissioner has appointed a committee under Primary Education Director Sharad Gosavi to study fee refunds for cancelled private school admissions, with recommendations due in 30 days. For families who change their mind after a school admission, the current rules are punishing. Here is what is on the table and the four documents to start saving now.
BSEB's OFSS first selection list for Class 11 admissions was published on May 5; reporting at the allotted college closes today, May 12, 2026. If your child is on the list and has not yet completed the in-person reporting, the next eight hours matter. Here is the practical brief for Bihar Board families on the same-day checklist, the slide-up option, and what happens if you miss the window.
KSEAB's SSLC Exam 2 runs May 18 to 25, the first real test of Karnataka's new three-exam structure for Class 10. After April 23's Exam 1 result — 7.24 lakh passes out of 7.70 lakh attempts — Exam 2 is the route for students who want to improve, retake, or clear specific subjects. Here is what every Karnataka family with a Class 10 student should plan for in the next week.
TGBIE has opened first-year Inter admissions from May 8 with classes from June 1 and phase 1 closing June 30. The 2026-27 cycle locks in a 33% girls quota, a mandatory Aadhaar-online register, anti-drug compliance norms, and a strict ban on private entrance tests. Here is the working brief for junior college principals and admission coordinators.
CUET UG 2026 begins May 11 and the CBSE Class 12 result is expected the same week. For families with a Class 12 candidate, the next five days collapse two of the year's biggest moments into one window — and the rumour mill is louder than usual. Here is the practical brief: what is scheduled, what to ignore, and the working plan for the household.
Delhi's Directorate of Education has been releasing Cycle 1 non-plan admission results for Classes 6 to 9 in phases through May. The process runs in three cycles to August 31. If you are a Delhi parent navigating a mid-school admission for 2026-27, here is the cycle calendar, the document checklist, and the five most common reasons applications get rejected.
Maharashtra has moved Class 11 (FYJC) admissions for 2026-27 to a single statewide online merit process at mahafyjcadmissions.in. Part 1 closed April 30 with the SSC result still pending; Part 2 begins as soon as the SSC result is declared. Here is what changes for parents, what to do this week, and how the four CAP rounds actually work.
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