Nursery admission in Delhi schools for the academic year 2021-2022 will begin from February 18, Education Minister Manish Sisodia said. The last date for submitting application forms is March 4.
As per the sources, the Delhi Directorate of Education has asked all private schools to submit their details of nursery admissions before February 15. The first admission list will be released by March 20 and the admission process will end on March 31. Approximately, 1,700 schools participate in the admission process.
Moreover, the instructions issued by Delhi Government are for open category admissions, other than Economically Weaker Sections and Disadvantaged Groups (EWS/DG).
Delhi Admission 2021-2022 Details
February 18 – Commencement of admissions, availability of forms
March 4- Last date for submission of applications
March 15- Uploading details of children who applied for admission under open seats
March 20- Display of the first list
March 22-23 Resolution of queries of parents
March 25- Display of the second list (if any)
March 26- Resolution of queries of parents for the second list
March 27- Subsequent list of admission, if any
March 31- Closure of the admission process
Delhi Nursery Admission: Guidelines for availing admission to EWS/DG Seats
Delhi Directorate of Education has already begun preparations for providing 25% admission quota for the Economically Weaker Sections and Disadvantaged Groups (EWS/DG) in private schools.
The DoE on February 5, directed its district officers to update the list of private unaided schools, gather their GPS coordinates and the total number of seats they have at the nursery, pre-primary, or Class 1 levels. The district officials have been asked to have this information ready by February 15, 2021. Admission to the EWS/DG seats in private schools is online and centralised.
Instructions for EWS/ DG seats
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Admission forms will be available at schools till the last date i.e. March 4, at a fee of Rs 25. The purchase of a prospectus is optional.
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The government has asked private schools to develop and adopt “fair, reasonable, well defined, equitable, non-discriminatory, unambiguous and transparent” criteria for admission.
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All the private schools will have to upload their admission criteria for open seats at the DoE website – www.edudel.nic.in by February 17, which will be available for public viewing.
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Lower age limit: Three years for Pre School (Nursery) Four years Pre Primary (KG), and Five years Class. Upper age limit: Four years for Pre School (Nursery) Five years for Pre Primary (KG), and Six years for Class 1, as of March 31, 2021.
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A monitoring cell chaired by the concerned deputy director (district) will ensure that the private schools uploads their admission criteria on the DoE website.
