NEW DELHI: The issue of the upper-age-limit for admissions into nursery, KG and Class I has been settled for this round of admissions with a total reversal of the decision taken by the Delhi School Education Advisory Board on December 19.
Following a flurry of representations, the board met again on Thursday to remove the upper age limit for nursery (which had been fixed at three-years-11-months-30-days), KG (four-years-11-months-30-days) and Class I (five-years-11-months-30 days). But the matter will not rest completely. According to a statement, the Education Department will form a committee to look into the "issue of age" for academic year 2014-2015.
"There were representations received to increase Minimum Age of Nursery Admissions on account of fixing uniform upper age limit for Nursery Admissions....Since the admission cycle is to start in a few days, Minister of Education, Prof. Kiran Walia said we cannot tinker with the age related guidelines at this late stage as it would lead to lot of confusion," says the statement.
"We were asking for an upper age limit because there was a lot of confusion among parents about which class their kids are eligible for. Moreover, some schools made age an admission criterion with points allotted for it. But we wanted an age bracket of at least two years which is what the Kendriya Vidyalayas have," says Sumit Vohra, founder, admissionsnursery.com, who had demanded a widening of age-bracket. Social Jurist, Khagesh Jha also points out that "status quo" doesn't imply "whatever the schools were doing but what the law prescribes." "The 2007 order fixes minimum age for pre-school, pre-primary and Class I but also says, "there is no bar to children older than the ages specified in this clause being given admission to these classes," says Jha.
Meanwhile, schools have begun posting their point systems on their websites and categories that had parents perturbed last year have appeared again. There are points for vegetarians (5), non-smokers (5) - "How will you verify the claims?" asks Vohra -- and teetotalers (5) at Mahavir Senior Model School (Sangam Park Extn, G T Karnal Road); Cambridge Primary School (News Friends' Colony has points allocated for "Cultural Linguistic integration and parents with inter-cultural background" (10).
On a positive note, the second school has 12 points for "compassionate grounds" which also includes physically disabled parents. Socially active parents stand a better chance in some schools. Cambridge is also offering 10 points for "Parents' contribution to the community" and "children of State/National Awardees" will get 5 points at Bal Bhavan Public School (Mayur Vihar).
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