Nursery Admissions in Delhi NCR 2026-27
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More than 53% of Parents prefer points for nearby school ~Hindustan Times Pg no 1 & 5 | The survey was conducted by AdmissionsNursery.com, a forum for parents. -Mallica Joshi, November 07, 2012
For the upcoming nursery admission season, most parents said they would prefer getting points for a school close to their house. In a survey conducted on more than 2,000 parents, nearly 1,300 felt maximum points should be given to children who live near the school, i.e. in the neighbourhood.
The second most popular criteria was points for siblings with 19% of all votes.
Only 4.25% of the surveyed parents voted for sizeable points for children of alumni. Most schools give parents between 20 and 50 points under this category. The survey was conducted by admissionsnursery.com, a forum for parents.
Nearly 15% parents voted that if a school gives points for alumni, it should also give equal points for first child. Similarly, 9% parents voted in favour of equal points for sibling and first child.
"This trend shows parents who don't belong to Delhi and/or have just one child are very insecure about their chances. Most parents feel giving such high marks for alumni is wrong as it is discriminatory," said Sumit Vohra, founder, admissionsnursery.com.
Nursery admissions in Delhi are overseen by the Directorate of Education, which issues broad admission guidelines related to admissions. While schools are given a free hand in deciding what the points system should look like, they are barred from asking the parents' income, profession and educational background.
"For anyone who is new in the city, getting their child into a half decent school is impossible. Other than the criteria for neighbourhood, no other criteria seems fair to us," said Radhika Khanduri, who works with a consultation firm in south Delhi.
In a number of schools, points for sibling and alumni account for 50% of the total points.
Principals, however, have their own reasons. "There are parents who have studied in the school and now want their children to go to the same school. We have an obligation to them. As for the suggestion that there should be equal points for sibling and first child, it can certainly be looked into," said Usha Ram, principal, Laxman Public School and member of the National Progressive Schools Conference.
The nursery admission guidelines are expected to be declared by the first week of December.
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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Please read this in above survey which is something positive
"As for the suggestion that there should be equal points for sibling and first child, it can certainly be looked into," said Usha Ram, principal, Laxman Public School and member of the National Progressive Schools Conference."
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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on
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DOE should take into their consideration this suggestion in their guidelines expected next month. A systematic school mapping has to be done since uneven distribution of good schools in neighbourhood areas.
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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on
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Dear Lathaaji
I concur with you !!
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Yea struti but sibling has the highest points after distance andevery parent wants sibling points. every school first keep sibling quota as this is most imp for parent and school too.so i dont feel any need to worry as we all are against alumni points and not sibling.
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Struti, It is our exp of last 4-5 yrs that tell us that parents face lot of problems ,in case kids go to different schools and we are 100 % with parents and sibling points.
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Permalink Reply by surina singhal on
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that is so needed lathaji , coz with my address and the schools that i have in the neighbourhood , my kids will propbably have to go to an unrecognized school.From the perspective of parents who don't live in good neighbourhoods, there is nothing more discriminatory than the distance criteria, Most sought after schools are in south delhi, and maybe dwarka in future, so i feel my kids will really lose out as i am not able to shift into these expensive colonies.
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