Nursery Admissions in Delhi NCR 2026-27
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Nursery guidelines by next week -Times of India | The first list of eligible candidates is expected to be out on February 1- Mail Today ~ Dec 6
Nursery guidelines by next week
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Delhi government's fresh guidelines on nursery admissions for the 2013-14 academic session allow for submission of EWS forms at the office of deputy director education. This is to ensure that private schools do not turn away economically weaker section applicants. "We wanted to ensure that this is not repeated this year," said education minister Kiran Walia.
The guidelines, which are still being finalized, aim at ensuring 100% enrolment under the EWS category. The department is also thinking of doing away with the distance criteria in this category. EWS candidates find it difficult to fulfil this criterion in case of some private schools in upscale colonies, sources said.
The guidelines, which may also include 'orphans' in the EWS category, are being fine-tuned and are expected to come out by next week. According to the apex court notification, all schools, both private and aided, would have to conduct pre-school admissions based on RTE guidelines. The Act makes it mandatory for all schools to reserve 25% seats for EWS category students in the neighbourhood. While schools will have to follow the point system in case of general category, there will be a common form and a draw for admissions in the EWS category.
According to the proposed schedule, forms for nursery will be available from January 1 to 15. Schools will get a month to process the forms and interview parents before they come out with the first list by February 15. The second list will follow on February 28. The entire process is likely to be completed by March 31.
Mail Today Dec 6
New push to make nursery entry easier for the poor
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While a centralised nursery admission process for the general category students is nowhere in sight, the Delhi government has decided to go ahead with the initiative for the EWS category this year.
The forms for nursery admissions are expected to be available in all schools from January 1, and the last date for submission of applications will be January 15.
Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) candidates will have to apply on a pro forma which they can submit at the office of the deputy director education (DDE) in different areas of the city.
The admission criteria for the general category students will, however, remain unchanged.
The first list of the eligible candidates is expected to be out on February 1 2013
"The admission process for the general category will be the same, but we are allowing the EWS candidates to submit their forms at the DDE office. The office will then forward the forms to respective schools in the area," state education minister Kiran Walia said.
She further said the point system for the general category had fallen well in place over the last few years, and there was no reason to introduce a change now.
For the EWS category, admissions will continue to be conducted by drawing lots. Walia, who took over as education minister in September, was earlier keen on finding out if a centralised application process for the general category would be feasible.
However, school principals conveyed to the directorate of education last week that they were not in favour of such a process.
"We had received some EWS applications from the directorate last year also. So we just added them to the applications that we had received directly for a draw of lots. However, this process is not feasible for the general category," said L.V. Sehgal, principal, Bal Bharati School on Ganga Ram Hospital Marg.
Sehgal is also the chairperson of the National Progressive Schools' Conference (NPSC), an umbrella organisation of 110 private unaided schools.
"The number of applications in the general category is extremely huge. It will not be administratively possible for the government department to conduct centralised admissions. Besides, most schools have an online application process now. So standing in queues is no longer an issue," Sehgal added.
The admission guidelines for this year are expected to be released next week, though the directorate of education has already informed schools that the schedule is going to be the same as that of the last year.
The first list of eligible candidates is expected to be out on February 1.
"It's like a big challenge coming up for us. We have been preparing for it by reading up about schools and meeting parents who went through the process last year," Kamal Dogra, a resident of IP Extension, said.
Minority schools on government land have to give ESW quota
By Sana Shakil in New Delhi
Clearing the air over admission for students from Economically Weaker Sections (EWS), the Delhi High Court has said all schools built on government land would have to reserve seats for them, irrespective of being a minority or a non-minority.
A division bench of Justices S.K. Kaul and Vipin Sanghi passed the order after Delhi government submitted an affidavit that minority schools built on government land should give 20 per cent reservation to EWS candidates from class nursery onwards.
With none of the minority schools providing reservations to the EWS students, the new judgment will open up opportunities for thousands of students seeking admission.
The affidavit submitted by directorate of education before the court said: "Some schools are stated to be under a misconception that if they are outside the scope of RTE. The 20 per cent freeship quota shall be applicable to all the schools built on government land."
The non-minority schools are giving 25 per cent seats to the EWS students at the entry level.
National Progressive Schools' Conference chairman L.V. Sehgal said: "Besides the fixed 25 per cent quota for EWS students, if there is an additional 20 per cent on new admissions, we might look for legal remedies to deal with it."
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Permalink Reply by Shival Manchanda on
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http://www.indianexpress.com/news/parents-not-for-alumni-quota-surv...
Parents not for alumni quota: Survey
Indian Express, New Delhi, Sun Dec 02 2012, 00:44 hrs
Last year, the alumni criterion was a subject of debate as many in the general category could not seek admission even after applying in more than 20 schools.
The survey was carried out by admission guidance blog nurseryadmissions.com. According to the website, over 200 parents took the survey. Of them, 53.2 per cent said only neighbourhood criterion should be considered for nursery admissions.
Only 4.2 per cent voted for the alumni criterion to be considered for admission.
Many schools in Delhi and NCR provide from 15 to 30 points out of 100 to children of alumni of the school and several parents and experts believe that this leads to “indirect screening” of children.
With 25 per cent seats reserved for those from economically weaker sections and disadvantaged groups, under the Right to Education Act, 2009, schools have been allowed to formulate their own categories for admission in general category and decide the number of points to be allocated to each category, according to their requirements.
“Parents believe that the alumni criterion allows for schools to screen students. Such students usually have well-to-do backgrounds,” blogger Sumit Vohra from admissionsnursery.com said.
The survey also suggests that the number of points for the alumni category should be lesser thanthat for other criteria such as the first child and girl child.
At least 15 per cent parents believe that points allotted to the alumni category should be same as that of first child.
About 8.8 per cent believe that alumni and sibling should have the same points as both amount to some level of screening on the basis of family.
However, schools that are comparatively new do not have points for the alumni criterion and provide maximum weightage to neighbourhood and sibling categories.
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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Welcome back Shivalji -Rocking featured member of AN.com
Thanks sir for the article ,whats your take on result dates ? whether it will be feb 1 or feb 15 for 1st list >
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should be 1st Feb....as always.... but ya different newspapers reporting differently....
early it is better it is for parents... less tension... :-)
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I agree but school wants one month after 15 jan for internal process, i think parents should wait for guidelines for clarity.
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Old news article, but i thought to repost it here...
Pvt schools protest common form for nursery admission
Indian Express, Posted: Nov 27, 2012 at 0117 hrs IST
Naveed Iqbal
New Delhi, Private unaided schools approached the Education department on Monday against the possible introduction of common admission forms for general category students applying to nursery classes in the coming admission season.
An action committee, comprising principals and representatives of at least 130 schools, met Director Education Amit Singla in Bal Bharati School, Pitampura, to discuss the guidelines for the next session of nursery admissions.
At present, admission of children from EWS and disadvantaged groups is based on a common form. But the Education department is reportedly “considering bringing in a common admission form for the general category”.
A move that the schools are protesting, claiming that it will infringe on their space and autonomy. “We told the Education department that we will not favour such an initiative as every school has its own character, and the government should not intervene in our autonomy,” president of action committee S K Bhattacharya said.
Sources said the government will also declare a common date for lottery for general category admissions. The director reportedly told the action committee that the guidelines for nursery admissions will remain the same.
With orphans also being included in EWS and disadvantaged category, Bhattacharya said, “We have concerns about the authenticity of the certificates, which people bring to avail freeship.”
Schools demanded that the government should set up a monitoring system to check the submission of false EWS certificates and also to consider a “punishment system” for such people.
“The Director assured us that our concerns will be looked into. The nursery admissions will start from January 1 and go on till March 31,” Bhattacharya said.
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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on
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So no change expected regarding admission criteria for general category. I don't understand based on what facts Education Minister has decided that old system has well fit in place. Here parents are not satisfied and find hard to get admission even in neighbourhood schools. Some corrective measures has to be taken.
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