Nursery admissions to begin from Jan 1; no changes in process

The Delhi Government today notified the schedule for nursery admissions in the national capital, which will begin from January 1 with no deviation from the earlier process.
The Directorate of Education has also asked private, unaided recognised schools to not process the admission of Economically Weaker Section/Disadvantaged Group category students manually as the department is in the process of developing a module for online admission under the category.
"Admission schedule for entry level classes for open seats in pvt schools issued today. Process to start on 1st Jan 2016. Schools have to declare admission criteria which shall be well defined, non-discriminatory, unambiguous & transparent (sic)," Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said in a series of posts on Twitter.

"All the schools shall reserve 25% seats for EWS/DG category students. Process for these seats shall b announced separately," he tweeted.
Sisodia, who is also the education minister, said that in order to ensure transparency the list uploaded by the schools will include names of applicants who have been admitted as well as waitlisted students along with marks given.
The admission process which will begin from January 1 will conclude on March 31.

While the last date for submitting the application is January 22, the first list will be displayed on February 15 followed by another list on February 29.

According to guidelines issued by DoE, all schools shall comply with the directive that the number of seats at entry- level shall not be less than the highest number of seats in the entry class during the years 2013-14, 2014-15 and 2015-2016.
The schools have been directed to conduct admissions and draw of lots, if any, in a transparent manner preferably in the presence of parents.
DoE has also directed that the schools shall also publicise their admission criteria on their website, if available, also well in advance before the start of admission process for public view.
"Further, the schools shall display the admission criteria (along with the points for each criterion) and total number of seats available at entry level classes on a flex board, prominently, at the entrance of the school and shall upload the compliance of the same in form of photograph on the directorate's website," it said.

All schools are also supposed to follow the rules communicated by the department earlier including that on upper age limit, prospectus, processing fee, quantum of minimum seats at entry level and documents as valid proof of address.