Nursery admission: First list leaves many parents upset

Krittika Sharma | TNN | Updated: Mar 8, 2017, 04.16 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The first list of children selected for nursery admission in 1,700 city schools has been released, leaving most parents hassled as their ward's name did not figure in any of the lists.

A parent, Munmun Vij, posted on a parents' forum that she had applied in 55 schools for her daughter's admission, but has been disappointed so far.

"I stay in south Delhi and have applied in 55 schools for my daughter. However, till now we have not been able to secure a seat in a single school. I am simply loosing hope as to I don't know what to do next," she said.

Another parent, Deepti Singhal, too posted, "I had applied in 44 schools and till date no seat."

Meanwhile, principals have urged parents to keep calm, since more names will figure in the coming lists. "This is just the first list. There is always a large number of people who apply at multiple schools. Once their ward gets admission in a school, other seats are left empty. These seats will figure in the following lists," said Ashok Pandey, principal of Ahlcon International.

Pandey also said that severe disparity in the number of seats and the number of applicants has given rise to the admission crisis.

"These 1,700 schools are at least 5 years old. There were 1,200 schools 10 years ago. Which means the number of private schools have increased nominally, even as the population has boomed," he said. Also, the number of seats has also decreased with the inclusion of EWS seats in the lot.

Jyoti Arora, the principal of Mount Abu School agreed. But, according to her, parents also focus on just a few schools because of which some schools get more applications than others.

Delhi nursery admission: Schools to release second list of candidates on March 17

delhi Updated: Mar 07, 2017 23:18 IST

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Hindustan Times

A child reading a bulletin board at a private school in Delhi. The first list of nursery admissions in Delhi will come out on Tuesday.(Ravi Choudhary/HT Photo)

Private unaided schools in the national capital released their first list for nursery admission on Tuesday.

Schools said they have released the first list and parents can come to school for document verification and admission.

Many parents, however, said they have not been able to make it to the list of any school. Parents, many of whom had applied to multiple schools, lamented the lack of uniform criteria.

Read: Nursery admissions: Delhi schools to release first list today

“My child’s name has not come in even a single school out of the 12 that I have checked today. Every school has a different set of criteria. While some are keeping neighbourhood at 0-1 kms, others have 0-6 kms. Schools have different points for sibling and alumni,” said Sumit Malhotra, a resident of Dwarka.

Parents already know the details of the points their children have received since schools have uploaded the details on their websites. The Delhi government had directed the schools to upload the list of students who had applied and the points they got.

For admission to nursery classes, children are given points on the basis of criteria such as distance, sibling, alumni and others. In schools, where more than one child received the same score, draw of lots will be held.

Schools in which seats are left vacant after completing the process, a second list will be released on March 17.

Read: Nursery admission process begins in 150 Delhi govt Sarvodaya Vidyalayas

This is only for the general category seats and not for the 25% seats meant for the Economically Weaker Section/Disadvantaged (EWS/DG) category. The admission to this category is centralised and is conducted by the government. The application process for the students in this category is over.

Officials said the list for EWS admission will come out in the next week. “Hopefully by next week we will conduct the draw of lots and list of students will be out,” an official said.Dainik Bhaskar

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