New Delhi: In what comes as good news for parents who have been anxiously waiting for any news regarding when the nursery admission procedure would begin, the Directorate of Education (DoE), Delhi has announced that the nursery admission procedure for the academic session 2011-2012 will begin from January 1 next year.
The nursery admission procedure has been delayed by about 15 days.
Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Monday said that the decision was taken after a meeting between several school associations such as the Federation of Public Schools and National Progressive Schools Conference.
According to Lovely, the meeting was held in order to hear the concerns of various schools regarding the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) guidelines in the nursery admission procedure. "The admission process will now begin from January 1 because the RTE guidelines for nursery admissions are still being formulated," he said.
During the meeting, the school associations were asked to give their suggestions in order to help the directorate determine the different criteria on which the conduction of the nursery admissions would be based.
The news regarding the delay in nursery admissions garnered a mixed response from parents and school administrations. The nursery admission process had last year begun on December 15 and ended on March 31. the deadline for the completion of the admission process is the same for this year too.
Last week, the ministry of human resource development (HRD) had issued guidelines for admissions according to the right to education act According to the guidelines, no school would be allowed to profile or screen their students before admission in any way.
The guidelines also direct schools to have categorizations based on "just and rational basis" like alumni, sibling, girl child, etc. However, the guidelines make it clear that no schools will be allowed to conduct interviews of either parents or the students. Hence the admission procedure had been made to be quite random, similar to a draw.
This had led to much confusion among parents as well as school administrations, who had then asked the DoE to clear the doubts regarding the admission process.
The nursery admission procedure has been delayed by about 15 days.
Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Monday said that the decision was taken after a meeting between several school associations such as the Federation of Public Schools and National Progressive Schools Conference.
According to Lovely, the meeting was held in order to hear the concerns of various schools regarding the implementation of the Right to Education (RTE) guidelines in the nursery admission procedure. "The admission process will now begin from January 1 because the RTE guidelines for nursery admissions are still being formulated," he said.
During the meeting, the school associations were asked to give their suggestions in order to help the directorate determine the different criteria on which the conduction of the nursery admissions would be based.
The news regarding the delay in nursery admissions garnered a mixed response from parents and school administrations. The nursery admission process had last year begun on December 15 and ended on March 31. the deadline for the completion of the admission process is the same for this year too.
Last week, the ministry of human resource development (HRD) had issued guidelines for admissions according to the right to education act According to the guidelines, no school would be allowed to profile or screen their students before admission in any way.
The guidelines also direct schools to have categorizations based on "just and rational basis" like alumni, sibling, girl child, etc. However, the guidelines make it clear that no schools will be allowed to conduct interviews of either parents or the students. Hence the admission procedure had been made to be quite random, similar to a draw.
This had led to much confusion among parents as well as school administrations, who had then asked the DoE to clear the doubts regarding the admission process.
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