Nursery Admissions 2024–25: A Comprehensive Guide to Delhi Schools

The Directorate of Education (DOE) has warned of action if school on government land starts the nursery admission process from January 2 next year.  The order applies to 285 schools such as Delhi Public School, Vasant Kunj, Vasant Valley and Apeejay.  The government had on December 19 issued a circular saying it will release a separate set of guidelines and schedule for these 285 schools. The new set of rules is to make schools comply with land allotment terms.  The terms state that schools running on government land will not refuse admission to residents of the “locality”. It says “the society shall undertake to admit 75% of the students of the neighbourhood or from the locality in which the school is located”. For the remaining 1,400 schools, the nursery admission process will begin January 2. “It has come to the notice of the department that some of these schools have issued the admission notice to start the admission process from January 2, 2...

With the commencement of nursery admissions in schools, parents are facing a lot of harassment as schools are asking them to get their children’s Aadhaar cards made, but the sewa kendras in SAS Nagar have stopped making Aadhar cards. Earlier, Aadhaar cards were being made at MC Bhawan, Sector 68, and in DC office, but the process has stopped since September when more than 1000 employees of suwidha centre went on strike demanding regular jobs and protesting against state government’s decision to shift them to sewa kendras, which are being run by a private company. Though the staff has been recruited at the sewa kendra but notices have been pasted on the counter, stating that Aadhaar cards are not being made, thus leading to harassment of parents. “I have to get my daughter admitted to nursery and the school is asking for her Aadhaar card. I have no clue where Aadhaar cards are being made now. I am told that an agent charges `250 to `500 for making Aadhaar card,” said Ajay Kapoo...