India, Aug. 20 -- Education Minister Ashish Sood said on Tuesday that the newly launched CM Shri Schools have received over 50,000 applications in four days after the admissions commenced on August 15.

"Parents showed strong trust and enthusiasm, submitting 14,928 applications for Class 6; 15,114 for Class 7; and 20,762 for Class 8," Sood said.

The Delhi government had announced in the 2025-26 Delhi budget that Rs.100 crore have been earmarked for setting up 60 new CM Shri Schools for the upcoming session and these schools will be fully compliant with the National Education Policy (NEP) 2020, implementing the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF-SE) 2023. Later the list was expanded, and in May, education minister ann...