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Parents of AdmissionsNursery.com Cry Foul | Now, schools set upper age limit -Times of India -Jan 4 2013
NEW DELHI: For all those parents who had protested against the Delhi School Education Advisory Board's fixing of upper-age-limit and got it nullified days before admissions began, the relief has been incredibly short-lived. As they are going online or to schools to collect forms, parents with kids older than four years are finding that many schools have fixed the upper-age-limit anyway and they are ineligible to even apply.
"Of the 20 schools I had considered, there are only two schools that I'm sure will accept my application. At several, including Springdales (Dhaula Kuan), DPS (Dwarka), Bal Bharati Public School (Dwarka) and Maxfort, I am not even allowed to apply," says Anjali Gupta. She had tried last year as well and failed to secure a seat for her son. This year, when she discovered the age-limits online, she checked with the schools. "I asked them if being born in February instead of April will make my son so much smarter that he'll not fit into the class. How is the school deciding? The Directorate of Education hasn't fixed upper-limits," says Gupta. The other option is seeking admission into KG but at that level, seats are very few.
Pankaj Chhabra(Parent Member of AN.com) is in a similar situation. Last year, he had felt his son was too young to start school; this year he's too old from nursery in many schools. "My son is four-year-eight days. We made the rounds last year too but he was too small. This year, he is ineligible in 50% of the schools. In any case the points-system is hopeless for us. Whatever chances we did have are being crushed by this age-bar," says Chhabra. He also adds that attempts to talk to the schools haven't helped. "There's no feedback from them."
Ankush Jain, exploring options in central Delhi, finds that the can't apply to most of them. "This is the first time I'm trying. The only criterion through which I stood a chance was distance - not alumni or siblings. And now, about 70% of schools we are trying in have set age limit. At one school, I was asked to return in March. They said if there are seats vacant, they may take my kid," says Jain.
Only the minimum age for admissions into nursery, KG and Class I are fixed by law - three, four and five years. "Schools have the freedom to choose the criteria but are wrongly extending that to fixing upper age limit," says advocate Khagesh Jha. He refers to a statutory notification from 2007 on admission procedure which fixes the minimum age and also states categorically, "There is no bar to children older than the ages specified in this clause (three, four and five) being given admission to these classes."
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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on
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DOE should take due action and ask schools to remove the upper age limit any further notification is made on the same limit.
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Permalink Reply by Anjali chauhan on
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Dear Vohra Ji,
We all are losing time in getting the age limit resolved , this way again we parents would suffer .
Please support.
Regards,
Anjali
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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Anjali its confidential but we are doing something
and moreover we have highlighted in media.
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Thanks Sakshi!
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Permalink Reply by 0f0bta5t745ma on
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Thanks sakshi for the effort your team is putting in. But the point is, only 11 days are left for the submission of forms, and if schools still continue with their age criteria, i don't think we woudl be considered for admission. It is the parent and the child who is the sufferrer. Do you think those schools who have online application would rectify their applications and accept our applications. My son woud be 4.1 as on 31-03-13.
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Permalink Reply by viren on
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MY SON IS 4 YEARS AND 13 DAYS OLD.WHAT IS HIS CHANCE?JUST WANTED TO KNOW
WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREP AND NURSARY?
WHATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UKG?LKG?
PLEASE REPLY!!!!!!
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Children born between 1st April, 2009 and 31st March, 2010 are eligible for nursery/Pre-school admission.
Children born between 1st April, 2008 and 31st March, 2009 are eligible for Pre-Primary/KG admission.Nursery= L.K.G. = Pre School - entry level
Prep= U.K.G. = Pre Primary = KG next level
Class I next higher level
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Madam Please help
MOUNT CARMEL SCHOOL Anand Niketan has published that children born between 01/10/2008 and 30/09/2009 are eligible for nursery admission. My daughter who was born on 13/02/2010 and going to be 3+ on 31st March 2013 is not considered for admission.
If I am correct, as per DOE guidline child must be 3+ on 1st april 2013. Why this school published specific dates?
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I too have the same situation. My son will be 4 years 1 month as on 31-March and not eligible in atleast 4 schools we have selected. This is not justifiable where schools decide on upper limit when the goverment has not set one.
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I too have the same situation. My son will be 4 years 7 month as on 31-March and not eligible in atleast 10 schools out of 12 we have selected. This is not justifiable where schools decide on upper limit when the goverment has not set one.
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Mr. Vohra,
Yes, I am also facing the same problem like Mr.Pankaj Chhabra.
There should be proper guidelines for Schools which DOE give proper one line statement for all schools on this issue like " Lower age limit for admission in nursery is 3 plus & for upper age limit it is open or atleast 2 year gap in between nursery & KG accepted by all schools".
If it will not happen school will not make any change.
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