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

The admission process for nursery classes has started from January 15 and will continue till January 31. The Delhi High court on Monday will hear the case relating to nursery admission notification issued by the state government, which made it mandatory for private unaided minority schools to admit students in the unreserved category on the basis of neighbourhood criteria. The Delhi government’s counsel cited the previous judgements in the case. In the last hearing, the court had stayed the Delhi Government’s notification for 15 to 20 minority schools. As per the new set of guidelines approved by Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal, all applicants living in the neighbourhood of the school will be given priority over those living further away. Apart from this, the other pointers include no preference to girl child and guidelines for sibling in the same school. The admission process for nursery classes has started from January 15 and will continue till January 31. Around 260 schools have...

It has been a week since nursery admissions for private schools began in the city. With January 23 as the last day for schools to accept applications, there is still no notification on the 298 schools built on DDA/government land. Many prominent schools in the city built on DDA land have to accept 75 per cent students from the neighbourhood. Delhi HC orders The Directorate of Education (DoE) had issued a statement saying that as per Delhi High Court orders, all private schools have to adopt the criteria of admission which must be clear, well-defined, equitable, non-discriminatory, unambiguous and transparent, but failed to comment on when the notification for the 298 schools would come out. In case of grievance The statement had also said that any grievance with regard to the admission process or complaints related to donation/capitation fee being charged by schools, non-display of criteria/procedure of admissions, non-availability of admission forms or any other complain...