Nursery Admissions in Delhi NCR 2026-27
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Parents confused want Common Admission Schedule /Max Points for Neibourhood n First Child / Confusion over Upper Cut Off Age /Helpline against erring Schools -Toi / HT/ Ind Exp/ NBT /Hinustan /Jagran
Times of India -Dates, mgmt quota parents’ main worries
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"They are in education but they're also in the business of education," quips Gaurav Bhalla who'll be seeking a seat for his daughter in east Delhi. Most parents seem to agree that the situation merited at least some common guidelines and standards however broad. "There is need for regulation," argues Bhalla. "If there had been transparency, the government wouldn't have felt the need to intervene in the first place." He believes there should be a common platform—ideally regulated by the government—where feedback from all stakeholders can be gathered. He isn't the only one to doubt the private schools' self-regulation policy. "I don't think they can and it'll be the same nightmare all over again," says a parent who'll apply this year.
School authorities have maintained from the start that they and parents are on the same side of the nursery battle; parents, simply, don't agree. Echoing the sentiment of many, a parent writes on an online forum, "Last year's guidelines were not bad. Except for transfer and points should [have been] there for alumni and first child. Same calendar for all and same documents... [is a] must." Another parent feels that the government should've been allowed to at least "put caps" on schools' criteria.
For most parents, the government's attempts to regulate—however clumsy—was a step in the right direction and the schools' stand has seemed adversarial from the start. At worst, parents feel they've lost. "What else I can say here. Pathetic. The ordeal continues for ...parents," writes one on admissionsnursery.com. At best they are confused. Sumit Vohra, of admissionsnursery.com, further points out that the reappearance of management quota effectively reduces the number of general category seats to roughly half of the total at least in NPSC schools (25% for EWS, 20% management and 5% staff ward) and there are also seats for children with special needs to consider.
Sumit Vohra, founder, admissionsnursery.com. said -Parents are panic stricken as they are not sure of getting a fair chance. Fifty percent seats are reserved (25% for EWS, 20% management quota and 5% staff quota) as per the guidelines that 100 school have come out with. Added to this is the 3% reservation for children with special needs in some schools,” said Sumit Vohra, founder, admissionsnursery.com.
Of the remaining seats, parents fear, a large chunk will be taken by sibling or alumni cases as most schools plan on keeping a high quantum of points for both criteria.
“As far as the school’s autonomy is concerned, it is very confusing as parents want a common admission calendar. Parents have also said that a large chunk of points should be for the neighbourhood criteria and that there should be a helpline for complaining against erring schools,” Vohra added.
The Delhi High Court division bench’s decision to let unaided private schools in the city schools decide their own admission criteria may be a big win for schools but it does not mean that the Directorate of Education (DoE) has no control over them.
According to the guidelines issued in 2007 — one that the court has asked the schools to follow— the criteria will be finalised only with the prior approval of the DoE. Its decision will have to be communicated to the school within four weeks. The management quota cannot be denied as the 2007 order explicitly allows for it.
“It is not as if schools will be able to set whatever criteria they want. We plan to be stringent in checking and will take action against any school setting arbitrary criteria,” said an official of the education department.
Wednesday’s decision, however, has caused panic among the parents.
INDIAN EXPRESS - Schools happy, parents worried
Private schools on Wednesday welcomed the Delhi High Court order refusing to grant interim stay on its single-judge verdict quashing the point system for nursery admissions brought in by the Lt-Governor.
“It is a balanced judgment and all stakeholders should now get together for the children of Delhi. At the same time, it is imperative that the government rethinks its policy on nursery because its 2,000 schools cannot cater to all the children of the capital,” said Ameeta Mulla Wattal, principal of Springdales School, Pusa Road, and chairperson of the National Progressive Schools Conference (NPSC).
Last week, NPSC issued broad guidelines to 80-odd schools under its ambit along with an admission schedule. The action committee for unaided private schools, the umbrella body for Delhi’s schools, will also hold a meeting to come out with admission guidelines by Thursday.
But with NPSC coming out with its own schedule, parents are confused over who will decide the schedule this year, with the Directorate of Education (DoE) deciding to adopt a ‘wait and watch’ approach for now. “We are yet to take a decision. We are still studying the court order and may come out with an action plan in a day or two. If we have to make a schedule, we will do so,” Padmini Singla, the DoE director, said.
“It is going to be a confusing year for parents with schools formulating different criteria. Most parents have also expressed disappointment over more than 50 per cent seats being reserved this year for different categories. Parents want a common admission policy and schedule, but it seems that is not going to happen,” Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com said. (ENS)
- See more at: http://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/nursery-admissions-hc...Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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Ram
Depends if they decide to have. it might be 4 yrs on 31 mar for nursery ( but nothing confirmed as og now whether it will come or not )
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Permalink Reply by 1nf7zr58gsgjo on
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Hi Sakshi,
The age for admission to nursery is 3 yrs + as of 31st March 2015. Let us know if it has been changed to 4 yrs +??
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Nitin
Its 3 yrs only for nursery
Ram asked about proposed upper cut off age .if implemented for nursery.
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Permalink Reply by Suresh Kumar Shukla on
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I don't understand why the courts can't see an urgent need to regulate the admission process. This is the entry level admission and if this is not regulated then I don't see much use of having an Education department. In such a scenario, lets just scrape the Education department and let the schools decide what and how they want to teach. It will atleast save the government some money.
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Suresh
Yes really pathetic.
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NPSC has decided to complete the distribution and collection of forms over 15 days any time between December 20, 2014 and January 20, 2015. Some, like Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, and The Indian School, plan to start on December 22 itself; others, like Bal Bharti Public School (Ganga Ram Hospital Marg) will have to first decide criteria and have them cleared by the managing committee of the schools.
"We'll need some time so, in all probability, we'll start from January 1," says principal L V Sehgal. The Catholic minority schools that had been exempted last year itself, are likely to start on January 1, too.
"It's not an us-vs-them situation," argues Ameeta Mulla Wattal, chairperson, NPSC and principal, Springdales School (Pusa Road), "The HC verdict simply restores balance to the system." "It's essential that the parents are not under stress," says Madhulika Sen, principal, Tagore International, and a member of Action Committee's special committee on admission criteria, "We are meeting tomorrow and we'll draw up broad guidelines that'll be suggested to the schools." While all such "suggestions" and "guidelines" are just that and not binding in any way, both Sehgal and The Indian School principal, Tania Joshi state that their criteria will be based on the NPSC's "suggested" guidelines. "It's because we understand our responsibility," says Sehgal.http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Private-scho...
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