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Deccan Herald ~Nursery admissions, a headache in NCR | 13 Sep 2012

Nursery admissions, a headache in NCR

Baishali Adak, September 12, 2012

Growth pangs

The nursery admission season is here again and so are its related problems. While parents in Delhi are heaving a sigh of relief with the High Court having fixed the minimum age (between 3-4 years) for admission to Nursery, parents in NCR are confused with no similar regulation in their states.

While some schools in Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Gurgaon are allowing kids between 3-4 years, others are seeking kids between 3.5-4.5 years, while the rest are asking for kids between 3.6-4.6 years of age. So kids eligible for some schools become ineligible for others.

Cases in point in Noida are DPS and Somerville which have fixed the age criteria at 3 years 6 months, while APJ and Amity schools in the same city have set it at 3 years.
In Gurgaon, DPS Sector 45, Sun City and Scottish High are allowing kids at minimum 3.5 years while Heritage, Ardee, Ridge Valley and Lotus Valley have kept it flexible.

Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com, a website helping parents getting their wards admitted in nursery, says, “In Delhi, the DoE has fixed the age criteria. So everyone knows that their kids have to be between 3 to 4 years to get into nursery. However, in the absence of any set guidelines in NCR, schools are setting their own age eligibilities leading to unnecessary confusion. It is especially a problem for first-time parents as they are not familiar with the admission process.”

“Most schools are asking for minimum 3.5 and 3.6 years so that the students they get, are mature enough, don’t suffer from anxiety and are more disciplined; but many new schools located in far flung areas are accepting kids at 3 years also to be able to fill up their seats. A reputed educational trust has set different age criteria at its branches in Delhi, Noida, Gurgaon and Expressway which is wrong.”

Nupur Khandelwal, a parent and resident of Indirapuram in Ghaziabad, says, “I wanted to get my son admitted in St. Thomas school which is closest to my house; but they were asking for students of 3.5 years and my son was falling short by a few days. So we opted for DPS which is further and costlier.”

Preeti Dhaliwal, another such parent and resident of Sushant Lok says, “I wanted my daughter admitted in DPS last year, but she was falling short by a month. Ultimately, I had to keep her in playschool for an extra year, something I didn’t want to do at all, and looking forward to getting her admitted in DPS now. I hope there are no hassles now.”

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Permalink Reply by Neeraj Singh on September 13, 2012 at 11:04am

Truely said. It is a headache. My daughter is 18 march 2009 born and so will be 4 yrs and 12 days in April. Our biggest confusion was not the school we should apply for but whether to put her in Nursery or Kg. in most of school she is not eligible for admission in nursery just for 12 days. It is very depressing to parents and now we have to fill the forms of those schools which is to far away from my home.

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Permalink Reply by Vandna Bansal on September 13, 2012 at 12:53pm

Hi all ,
I am living in gurgaon and my daughter is 13 nov. 2009 born.most of school like dps, dav, ryan internation, sunacity are asking for age 3 year 6 month as on 1st april 2013. they are saying that my daughter is not elligible for nursery. I want to admit her in nursery class. I am facing very big problem. now i am looking for schools which are taking 3+ in nursery.

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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on September 14, 2012 at 8:46am

Vandana ,try at amiown, ardee, ridge valley

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Permalink Reply by Himani Sadana on September 13, 2012 at 4:51pm

Hi All

Same here with me. My kiddo is 30th March 2010 born and we are in Dilema which school to Opt and which to left.

Sakshi Please Initate Signature Campaign might be we something gud will come out

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Permalink Reply by Tarannum Matloob on September 13, 2012 at 3:54pm

Hi Sumit,

I am Tarannum , my son's DOB is 5th Oct,2009 and he is falling short by fews days for most of the schools which have age criteria is 3 yrs 6 months on 31st Mar,2013.

He is not elgible for any DPS Noida where we were very interested

He is only eligible for few schools where the age criteria is are asking between 3 to 4, and we have to option between those.

There is lot of confusion and delimma for first time parents.I m very tensed beacuse of this n v confused also.

Thanks for highlighting this matter & we all parents are with you.

All the best

Regards,

Tarannum

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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on September 13, 2012 at 4:50pm

Even though the two states U.P. and Haryana has implemented RTE Act, the basic education system seems crippled by corruption. Even though few cities in U.P. has started uniform admission schedule NCR has not followed any rules in the RTE Act. The respective state Govt. should consider the importance of basic education and take proper action on Schools violating the RTE Act.

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Permalink Reply by navniet on September 13, 2012 at 7:35pm

I m facing too many troubles wit the admissions , my daughter will be 3 yrs 5 months on apr 1st n most of the schools r not ready to accept her in nursery .. How can i make her miss one whole year for 1 month !!! Somebody plz tell me what to do

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Permalink Reply by Pooja Bajaj on September 21, 2012 at 8:27am

Dear Parents,

Since there is lot of confusions regarding age criteria for nursery admissions in Ghaziabad, we at MLZS would like to clearly mention the eligibility points here. The age criteria is as below:

For LKG/Nursery: 3+ as on 31st March, 2013

For UKG: 4+ as on 31st March, 2013.

For more details you can visitwww.mountliteragzb.com