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Parents gear up for admissions
Neha Pushkarna, TNN | Dec 27, 2011, 02.28AM IST
NEW DELHI: With just a week left for the sale of nursery admission forms, many schools have announced their admission criteria. While most schools are following the usual point system, many have switched to a draw of lots.

Parents of three-year-olds say they are keeping tabs on the criteria to prepare for the stiff 'competition' for a nursery seat. Many parents TOI spoke to shared that they had been preparing for the past few weeks by doing a recce of schools, regularly scanning schools' websites, and by reading about the 'struggle' of parents who got their kids admitted last year.

"I have been doing research on the best schools for my son. I have visited 16-17 schools in west Delhi to meet the teachers, see the facilities and check out the classrooms. I realized that several schools that I was keen on were not so welcoming. I also found many good schools which were not even on my wish list," said Ishita Sengupta, who lives in Dwarka.

for quite some time."I have been doing research on the best schools for my son. I have visited 16-17 schools in west Delhi to meet the teachers, see the facilities and check out the classrooms. I realized that several schools that I was keen on were not so welcoming. I also found many good schools which were not even on my wish list," said Ishita Sengupta, who lives in Dwarka.

Another parent, Anjali Bhardwaj, from Vasant Kunj has been working on an excel sheet (Made By AdmissionsNursery.Com) for quite some time. "After my son had slept, I scanned the websites of schools for their parameters last year. I have a list of parameters ready for reference," she said while adding that she plans to apply to as many schools as possible.

While schools like Springdales and Ahlcon International have already released their parameters, Delhi Public School, Vasant Valley School and Mother's International School are likely to come out with their admission criteria by January 1. "We will announce our admission criteria on January 1. Parents will be allowed to apply online with no registration fee," said D R Saini, principal, DPS R K Puram. Tagore International School at Vasant Vihar and East of Kailash will admit children on the basis of a draw of lots, while Bal Bharati School at Ganga Ram Hospital Marg, Amity International and Apeejay School have decided to allocate a fixed number of seats for alumni, sibling, neighbourhood besides other categories. D K Bedi, principal, Apewjay School, Pitampura said, "Parents should not panic. They should wait for the second list if they don't make it in the first."

PREPARING FOR THAT FIRST STEP
NURSERY ADMISSIONS 2012-13
SALE OF FORMS |
Jan 2 onwards
ELIGIBILITY | Child should turn 3 by March 31, 2012
(4 years for KG)
Delhi govt gives free hand to schools to decide if they want to admit children through draw of lots or the usual point system
Mandatory documents for admission
Passport-sized photographs of child
Attested copy of birth certificate issued by local municipal authority
Attested copy of passport/ driving licence/voter identity card of parent(s) for residence proof
Passing certificate of parent(s) for proof of alumni
Income certificate for EWS

Points, Parameters & Categories
Springdales School Pusa Road, Dhaula Kuan, Kirti Nagar | Sibling 30, Alumni 25, Residence 20, Minority 5, Girl child 5, Inter-state transfers/children from overseas 5, First born 10
Sanskriti School Chanakyapuri | Area 25, Sibling 20, Alumni 5 (for general category)
Ahlcon International School Mayur Vihar | Area – upto 30, Sibling 25, Child with special needs 10, Girl child/First child 10, Single parent 10, Transfer cases 15
Mount Carmel Anand Niketan, Dwarka | Sibling 25%, Christian 20%, Alumni 5%, Freeship 25%, General 25% (seats reserved)
Bloom Public School Vasant Kunj | Neighbourhood 50, Sibling 25, Alumni 25

Nursery admissions: Adopted, first-born children to get extra points
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INDIAN EXPRESS DATED 27 DEC 2011
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Posted: Dec 27, 2011 at 0301 hrs IST
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New Delhi With nursery admissions set to start from January 2 next year, many schools have come out with interesting criteria for choosing candidates.

Cambridge School, New Friends Colony, is awarding points to children whose parents hail from intercultural backgrounds. This, according to the school’s administrative officer, is part of the institution’s efforts to promote “cultural integration”. The school will also give extra points to children with special needs, as well as those who have physically challenged parents. Parents with special achievements will win five additional points for their children.

Springdales School will give extra points to children belonging to minorities. The school’s admission notice reads: “In keeping with our ethos and objectives, we will embrace a diverse mix of children from different communities, religions, regions, and linguistic groups. Aspirants must provide authentic proof that they qualify to be minorities, as defined by authorised bodies such as the Minorities Commission.”

The school will award the most points to people in the sibling (30) and alumni (25) criteria. This is still lower than last years’ 35 points awarded to children of the alumni. Also, first-born children will get 10 points at Springdales.

Children, whose parents are serving in civil and allied services/armed forces, will get 20 points (10 for each parent) in DPS RK Puram.

Even though many parents and some schools under the banner of the Delhi State Private Schools Management Association had written to the directorate, seeking scrapping of the sibling and alumni criteria, they figure prominently in the points’ breakdown of schools that have announced admissions so far.

However, the number of points allotted to the criteria has come down, Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, said. “Last year, schools were awarding anywhere between 25 and 35 points for each of these criteria.”>

Schools such as St Mary’s and Mount Carmel are not giving any points to the girl child this year. Another school, however, will award eight points to the first-born girl child and 10 to the first-born boy. A particular school is offering five points for the adopted girl child, and two for the adopted boy.

Some schools such as Bal Bharti, Tagore International and Mount Carmel have done away with the points system, and are opting for a draw of lots instead.