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Nursery Admissions - Breaking News - Nursery admissions to kick-off with new guidelines expected this week Hindustan Times / NBT

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3 1 Jan

Nursery admissions to kick-off with new guidelines expected this week

Hindustan Times New Delhi, November 03, 2014

Parents of tiny tots should brace for the admission season as the nursery admission guidelines will be announced this week.

The guidelines will accommodate more changes this year, children expected to get points only for living close to the school and having a sibling in school. Points for children of alumni and for parents transferred to the city are not expected to be in the guidelines this year.

“It seems like the government has decided to do away with the alumni points all together this year. This will come as good news for parents who have migrated to Delhi,” said Khagesh Jha, who is a member of NGO Social Jurist.

Final changes in the guidelines were made over the last two weeks and they were vetted and signed by the Lieutenant Governor (LG) last week. Officials at the directorate of education confirmed that the guidelines will come out this week. Last year, the guidelines came out in the third week of December.

New guidelines

This year’s guidelines will be sparse. Only two criteria are expected to determine who gets in — distance from school and sibling. Children who live within an eight kilometre radius of a school will have a chance to get admission. Those children whose siblings also study in the same school are expected to make it for sure. The distance criterion was the same last year as well. A number of parents (AdmissionsNursery.com ) had written to the directorate, requesting it to increase the limit from 8 kilometres to 15 kilometres. The same demand has risen this year as well.

“Parents want the distance to be increased to 15 kilometres at least. In many localities such as Sonia Vihar, Dabri, Khichripur and Chhatarpur etc don’t have good schools within the prescribed radius,” said Sumit Vohra, who runs the popular portal, admissionsnursery.com.

What is new?

Last year, the discretionary 20% management quota was abolished. This year, the government is likely to reintroduce the provision, albeit with a number of riders.

“The management seats may only be for children of members of the management committee. The number of these seats will be small and they will not be discretionary,” said Jha. Centralised process for children with special needs The directorate will also have a centralised application process for children with special needs as mandated by the High Court. The court had directed the directorate to reserve 3% seats in schools that have the ability to cater to differently-abled children. The directorate will identify such schools to parents and the application process for these will be centralised.

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Permalink Reply by Dr Neha on November 3, 2014 at 2:39pm

Hello Ankush and Manav

Don't you think parents would like to have tension free holidays then running around as all schools are not online and many give forms for few days. If schools dont get management quota then they will go to court as per media .

I agree with rest of parents Nov end .sooner the better as schools also have pre boards in jan and if any litigation should be clear by dec .

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Permalink Reply by Manav Chawla on November 4, 2014 at 12:33pm

It doesn't matter now whether its november or december..Neither Parents nor schools think what goes through the mind of a 3-4 year old child who steps in a big environment of public schools from play schools..When guidelines are issued if parents don't like certain things they move to court..if schools don't like anything they move court..This is like never ending war..Every year it's the same thing going on and on and on..if the nursery admissions aren't made easy process don't be surprised newly wed couples would think twice before planning their baby..Nursery is first step for a child it's process should be made simpler and stress free..

And with all due respect Dr.Amita Ji it isn't the holidays which we can enjoy..you can enjoy and make your child happy even if you spend a quality time even if its for 1-2 hours a day.

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Permalink Reply by Manav Chawla on November 4, 2014 at 12:34pm

Thank You Mam

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Permalink Reply by Shweta Bhola on November 3, 2014 at 3:06pm

End of november is the appropriate time for the guidelines taking into the consideration the number of days given for applying, vacations or litigations.

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Permalink Reply by Shachi Aggarwal on November 3, 2014 at 3:27pm

It should start as early as possible n there should be gud tym given to parents alsi for submission of forms n other documents..

cn u plz help me wiz the information regarding availability of forms of different schools in north delhi