Nursery Admissions in Delhi NCR 2026-27
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(FAULTY NURSERY ADMISSION SYSTEM UNMASKED BY UNITED FRONT)1.75 lakh kids couldn’t get nursery seats ..TOI FRONT PAGE DATE 3 FEB
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Said S K Bhattacharya, chairman of School Action Committee: ‘‘Governmentrecognized private schools received over four lakh applications this year and approximately 1.75 lakh children were left out. The demand is far more than supply and thus those left out generally opt for playschools.’’
According to a source in DAV Management, the figure of unsuccessful applicants is much higher, around two lakh.
‘‘Most likely, I will let my child continue in playschool if she doesn’t get through in the second or third list. Government schools are out of question, they are so unsafe at the elementary level,’’ said Ruby Singh (name changed), a parent from north Delhi, who applied in 10 schools but has been rejected everywhere. Says Vinita Yadav of GK-I who has also applied in 10 schools, ‘‘The inadequate infrastructure in government schools makes me think they are not a good option.’’ Parents blame autonomous points system
New Delhi: With nursery admissions drawing to a close, about 1.75 lakh children have been left out of schools. This is primarily because there are just 1,976 recognized private schools in the city.
The Delhi High Court had, in 2007, directed the government to start nursery classes in government schools but little has been done. ‘‘There are a few government schools which have started offering nursery admissions,’’ said S K Bhattacharya, chairman of School Action Committee.
Many distressed parents say the autonomous point system of the schools is to blame. ‘‘The admission procedure in schools is hardly transparent. My daughter couldn’t get through in the
school where my husband
and I scored alumni points. The entire nursery admission procedure has been a
nightmare for us,’’ said Priyanshi Kapoor from New Friends Colony. Kapoor had applied in about 12 schools in central and south Delhi.
The admission criteria, said a principal from a west Delhi school, is drawn up according to the clientele desired by the school. ‘‘We look for a particular set of parents. For instance, children of businessmen don’t get enough points in the admission process as many schools often prefer parents from the service class. It is seen that businessmen do not value education much and it affects our results,’’ she admitted.
That, however, hardly explains the entire story. Take, for instance, the case of Mukul and Seema Kumar. Mukul is a PR professional and his wife has an MBA degree but they are still struggling to find a good school for their three-year-old son. ‘‘We have been in depression all this while. It had become so difficult to sleep. We had applied in six schools but were successful nowhere. Ab kya hoga mere bete ka?’’ said a disappointed Mukul.
Ratish Khaneja (name changed) from Mayur Vihar argued that it was difficult to decipher what each school looked for in the parents’ background. With the points system proving unpredictable, a few parents now think that the interview system was, perhaps, more reliable for nursery admissions. A parent from south Delhi said, ‘‘At least the admission process through interviews were merit-based. It depended on the performance of parents.’’
Said S K Bhattacharya, chairman of School Action Committee: ‘‘Governmentrecognized private schools received over four lakh applications this year and approximately 1.75 lakh children were left out. The demand is far more than supply and thus those left out generally opt for playschools.’’
According to a source in DAV Management, the figure of unsuccessful applicants is much higher, around two lakh.
‘‘Most likely, I will let my child continue in playschool if she doesn’t get through in the second or third list. Government schools are out of question, they are so unsafe at the elementary level,’’ said Ruby Singh (name changed), a parent from north Delhi, who applied in 10 schools but has been rejected everywhere. Says Vinita Yadav of GK-I who has also applied in 10 schools, ‘‘The inadequate infrastructure in government schools makes me think they are not a good option.’’ Parents blame autonomous points system
New Delhi: With nursery admissions drawing to a close, about 1.75 lakh children have been left out of schools. This is primarily because there are just 1,976 recognized private schools in the city.
The Delhi High Court had, in 2007, directed the government to start nursery classes in government schools but little has been done. ‘‘There are a few government schools which have started offering nursery admissions,’’ said S K Bhattacharya, chairman of School Action Committee.
Many distressed parents say the autonomous point system of the schools is to blame. ‘‘The admission procedure in schools is hardly transparent. My daughter couldn’t get through in the
school where my husband
and I scored alumni points. The entire nursery admission procedure has been a
nightmare for us,’’ said Priyanshi Kapoor from New Friends Colony. Kapoor had applied in about 12 schools in central and south Delhi.
The admission criteria, said a principal from a west Delhi school, is drawn up according to the clientele desired by the school. ‘‘We look for a particular set of parents. For instance, children of businessmen don’t get enough points in the admission process as many schools often prefer parents from the service class. It is seen that businessmen do not value education much and it affects our results,’’ she admitted.
That, however, hardly explains the entire story. Take, for instance, the case of Mukul and Seema Kumar. Mukul is a PR professional and his wife has an MBA degree but they are still struggling to find a good school for their three-year-old son. ‘‘We have been in depression all this while. It had become so difficult to sleep. We had applied in six schools but were successful nowhere. Ab kya hoga mere bete ka?’’ said a disappointed Mukul.
Ratish Khaneja (name changed) from Mayur Vihar argued that it was difficult to decipher what each school looked for in the parents’ background. With the points system proving unpredictable, a few parents now think that the interview system was, perhaps, more reliable for nursery admissions. A parent from south Delhi said, ‘‘At least the admission process through interviews were merit-based. It depended on the performance of parents.’’
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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on
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ALL THE PARENTS ARE FROM UNITED FRONT. BUT THERE IDENTITY WONT BE REVEALED
IT WAS A TEAM WORK .WITH HELP OF NEHA PUSHKARNA OF TOI..I WAS JUST THE MOTIVATING FACTOR BUT FULL CREDIT GOES TO PARENTS WHO FINALLY CAME IN FRONT AND RAISED THEIR VOICE .I THINK NOW ATLEAST EDUCATION MINISTER WOULD TAKE NOTICE OF THIS FAULTY SYSTEM
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SORRY I FORGOT TO THANK Manash Pratim Gohain WHO ALSO WORKED IN TANDEM WITH NEHA !!
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Permalink Reply by Sahoo on
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vohra sahib, i have read your name in papers and joined this site just now thinking your wiil help me
thanks
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This point system requires that you have to have sibling or Alumini. For the male child and the first child no points are awarded. As far as I know DOE guideline does not specify points for Alumini still all schools have included Aumini criteria in their point system. This is really killing. On the same line IITs and IIM should also have Alumini criteria!!!!
In Sprindales more than 92% seats were occupied by either Sibling and Alumini. They made mockery of Minority definition. More than 46 students out of 96 have scored on Minority. Not even single male child without alumini/sibling and minortity has got admission in Sprindales this time.
In Sanskriti school again you have to be either Sibling or be handicapped or ward of single parent to get the admission in General category. Not even a single student who is physically fit, no sibling and whose parents are staying together has got the admission. This is total non-sense.
In father Agnel school (Gautam nagar) students staying at a walking distance (can see school from their home) could not get the admission despite having both working parents as required by the school point system. This was really shocking.
DPS very heavily loaded for Sibling & Alumini. Also tehy have come with unique criteria for having points for govt. servants.
Modern school: Only management knows how they have selected
It is high time to take corrective action so that we have less pain in the next year nursery admission. In think Media should take this cause more agressivly and do the analysis of all top schools and publish it.
Let's hope that in this election year govt may take some corrective action.
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HI AKUL..U HAVE HIGHLIGHTED VERY VALID POINTS AND WE WOULD TRY TO BRING NEW POINTS IN MEDIA ASAP !!
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