Delhi nursery admissions: In some schools, points for families affected by Covid.

In Delhi, private schools have started the process of receiving applications for general admission of their entry-level classes — nursery, KG, or class I.

In the process of ongoing nursery admissions across private schools in Delhi, there are some schools offering points for the affected families by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Currently, in the city, private schools have started the process of receiving applications for general admissions of their entry-level classes— nursery, KG, or class I. For this, schools can choose the admission criteria and the applicant will receive points for attaining different criteria. Some common criteria are proximity to the school to allocate marks, girl children or firstborn children, children with siblings or parents who are its alumni.

 Three private schools from the more distant parts of the city are also going to give points to affected families by Covid this year because of these added criteria.

 Goodwill Public School, Uttam Nagar, is offering 50 points for proximity, 10 points if any sibling is studying in the school, 15 points for the single parent’s children, 15 points for the girl child, 10 points for the people who are affected by Covid.

 Rose Valley Public School in Nangloi is also offering 10 points for victims of the corona.“We have all been badly affected badly by Covid and the lockdown. We thought let us offer some kind of help to families affected by it. The points we are offering are for families which have had Covid cases,” said school manager Prem Chand Deswal.

 Mata Daan Kaur Public School is offering 10 points for children of “Covid fighters”, specifying police, doctors, and healthcare workers.

In Delhi, all the schools are required to keep 3% if they’re entry-level for children with special needs (CWSN), some of the schools are also providing points for admission of their general to children who are differently-abled.

22% seats for admissions are reserved for the economically weaker sections and disadvantaged groups children and 3% seats is reserved for children with special needs, conducted by the Directorate of Education centrally,  and funds for these children are provided by State Government.