Pre-primary Education

In a move that is bound to give a sigh of relief to thousands of parents whose wards have passed 2 years of age, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) has given a green signal to enhance the age limit for nursery admission. In a statement, On February 15, Union HRD Minister Kapil Sibal, advocated a proposal to raise the minimum age to four from the existing three years for admission to nursery classes in Delhi.

With the Capital's most schools coming out with their final lists of students on Monday, the heat is certainly mounting up for parents waiting for a good start of schooling for their kids. The parents had already witnessed a great rush for nursery admissions and waiting for the D-day with bated breath. And now the final hurdle is sure to leave many parents in even more anxiety.  

The mad rush for Kindergarten admissions has taken an ugly turn in Mumbai. The frenzied scramble for admission of the tiny tots can be gauged from the fact that parents in the business capital of the country started lining up in front of one of a school, Dr Antonio De Silva School in Dadar, from Sunday night (January 17) itself for admission forms distribution of which were to start on Monday morning. 

It is that time of the year when parents of toddlers spend sleepless nights over the schooling of their wards. Now that the admission season has begun in right earnest, a warlike situation has emerged with too few seats in a limited number of good schools for thousands of candidates, advantage the private institutions.

With DoE’s tough stand this year that binds schools to sell and receive the forms between December 15 and January 15 only for nursery admissions, parents in Delhi are seen rushing to collect list of ‘last dates’ of various schools for admissions.

With pre primary admissions having started this month for the next session starting in April, parents seem to be the most stressed of the lot. Top of the line schools have started with form distribution, but only for limited time span, thus not just creating a big rush for all those interested but also adding to their nuisance value.

The Directorate of Education (DoE) has issued a notice to Mount Carmel School in Anand Niketan, New Delhi, for initiating admission process by putting its admission form on sale 15 days before schedule. The DoE had earlier given directions to all schools to issue their respective admission forms between December 15 and January 15. Hinting strict action against those who flout the set nursery admission rules, the DoE had also made it clear that any change of schedule would be allowed only within this particular period.  

With the focus on education growing by the day in our country, even the pre-schoolers are not untouched. With nursery admissions just round the corner, parents are worried stiff to secure a seat in the desired institute. But ahead lies the interview which has by far become the toughest and most dreaded one by all parents. It is for this very reason that Mumbai parents now found enrolling their tiny tots in personality development classes, to make sure their little one makes the perfect first impression.

All government run schools in Gujarat are these days busy preparing for the upcoming exercise - Gunotsav 2009. A quality check campaign designed by the state government, the Gunotsav 2009 will be a 3-day exercise, conducted by over 3000 Gujarat bureaucrats, covering all the 32,600 government primary schools in the state. Beginning November 12, all these officials will visit these schools and collect data regarding the education quality imparted by them.