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Play Schools | Without rules, anybody can play this game~ Sumit Vohra- Founder AdmissionsNursery.com | Hindustan Times | Page 4 | 3 May 2012
Without rules, anybody can play this game
Sidhartha Roy, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, May 03, 2012
Their size can range from a bedroom to a sprawling building; they can offer anything between building blocks and skating rinks; their teachers can be school drop-outs to post-graduate specialists in early child education.
With absolutely no basic norms to follow, what the
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playschools in Delhi-NCR can provide to your child depends mainly on how much money you can shell out.
Unlike formal schools, which could offer rudimentary facilities or could be uber posh but at least follow basic regulations, there are no rules to govern playschools. As a result, a majority of neighbourhood playschools can be opened and run by anyone, can have abysmal infrastructure and untrained teachers.
There are also no safety guidelines.
According to the report of the Ganguly Committee on pre-school education in Delhi, playschools should provide a healthy and safe environment, should be free of hazards, have adequate space for a child to move around and play. But unless a parent is able to pay the exorbitant fees of the more well-known playschools, they have to send their child to a smaller playschool which in most cases would be functioning from a two- or three-bedroom house.
“We have received many complaints from parents saying that most playschools are run from small houses, sometimes located on first floors or in basements,” said Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, which helps parents seeking nursery admission for their children. “How safe is it for a two-year-old to climb steep stairs? Schools should also ensure classrooms are on ground level and have no curves or sharp objects,” he said.
“Had a primary school been running with such infrastructure and facilities, its license would have been cancelled. But since playschools are not registered with any government authority, nothing can be done against them,” Vohra added.
Safe transportation is another problem if the child is sent to a playschool that is at a distance. “We keep getting complaints from parents who say that many times children are left behind at the school as they are not put in their vans,” Vohra said.
“Since children studying in playschools are very young, they are more at risk. In case of any mishap, there is no authority that can be held responsible,” said Mahinder Nagpal, former chairman of MCD’s education committee.
Apart from inadequate infrastructure, a bigger problem that afflicts most playschools is the lack of trained teachers. These schools pay abysmal salaries, ranging between R2,000 to R5,000 per month. Only established names in the industry, who charge a fortune from parents, pay slightly better salaries to their teachers.
And while the recommended ratio of children in playschools to teachers should be one to eight-10 children, most playschools have one teacher for 15-30 kids. “Most playschools hire simple graduates who can be paid a low salary. Some play schools have also started nursery teaching institutes,” Vohra said.
“The reason why playschools should be regulated is that it would at least ensure schools have at least some basic facilities and their teachers have minimum qualifications,” he added.
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Permalink Reply by Shalini Das on
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Curretly we see play school at every corner of the colony. Play schools should have some basic guidelines - like being on ground floor, qualified teacher, student teacher ratio etc atleast..rest it is indeed a responsbility of parents to all also check play school before putting their little ones there.
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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@Shalini , Yes you are right.Unless they come under some regulatory body ,Nothing would change.
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I am also looking for a suitable play school for my kid , he is only 27 months and not finding nay sounding play + day care school for him. can u please help me out please........ location is near hauz khas or near to badar pur in Delhi
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@Manu, i can recommend you only Little pearl for play school and day care (vasant vihar) as parents have given excellent feedback but its expensive i suppose.
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thanks for your reply .... i can afford as fee monthly up to 4000/- only
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would Navkriti suit you ? it is at arbindo ashram and fees is around Rs 3500/-
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Permalink Reply by 0azyzexqhnvjn on
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hii manu i run a play school in lajpat nagar and i have a day care too. my school might be small but i can assure you the i lay emphasis on all norms like qualified teachers, child ratio of 1 is to 10. you can read the reviews of my school on my city for kids and just dial.
name of my school is daddy's little star .B-5 lajpat nagar 1 .29820192.
the fees of my school is 3300 inculding school and day boarding.
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thanks dear... will visit to you at the earliest.
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I can recall the timewhen i ventured out to survey some play schools around my residence in shakarpur. i want to one school by the name" Kiddies nursery school". The moment I entered I could listen children crying and a lady shouting at her. Gaining courage i went inside and saw a baby boy of around 2 1/2 yrs crying naked as he had passed motion in the pant. This lady whom i later came to know was a teacher was shouting at him for this. I was taken aback. Then i could see tiny rooms without any ventilation with kids more its capacity. There was foul smell coming from the whole school. I requested the owner if i can have a round of the first floor, which was rejected by her. So the whole atmosphere was shocking. It is high time there is a regulation to control money makers like these. After all small babies - innocent babies are to be nurtured and not to be attacked.
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@Anurag According to parents feedback thats the condition of many play school who run it like shops and numbers are be very high.
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It's all about fish market. It is our responsibility to check and verify about the actual conditions of these play school.
"Our kids are our life... Don't play with their smile by the name of PLAY SCHOOL"
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hi,i am a serviceperson and have twin boys..my kids are going to a nearby playschool in gurgaon..whose name is a reputed one but i have interacted with few teachers and have found that they are employed just to complete their child-teacher ratio of 10:1 . Their language skill as a teacher is tough to tolerate. Is it the same case with other schools where this issue hardly matters
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