EWS Students Face Problems in Nursery Asmissions

Source: Hindustan Times

With the Old Delhi government considering skipping nursery admissions next school term in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, several parents waiting to enter their kids, under the reserved Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category, expressed concern saying that their wards may miss out on the chance to get “quality education”.

Amit Kumar who works in Lajpat Nagar aforementioned that her girl wasn't given admission by a private school despite her name was on the list issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE). “The school said they will solely take her after they get more general category admissions. Her admission is still pending. just in case she doesn’t get admission this year and therefore the enrollment method won’t happen next year what will she do until 2022? None in my family is educated to teach her at home. we can’t even afford to enroll her in the other school within the general class,” he said.

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For the admission within the nursery, KG, and class 1 the higher age limit has been set up to 5, 6, and 7 years respectively for EWS/DG students.

The admission method beneath the EWS/DG has been discontinuous the entire year because of the covid-19 pandemic. the information provided by DoE over 17,000 out of 50,000 EWS/DG seats across 1,700 private unaided schools are vacant. December 31 is the last date of admission.