Delhi Nursery Admissions to begin on December 15; Important dates and all you need to know

The nursery admission process for approximately 1,600 private schools in Delhi will begin from December 15 onwards. This year the Arvind Kejriwal government has imposed an upper age limit from this year. The Directorate of Education (DoE) has released a detailed schedule as per which the last date of submitting application forms for the 2019-20 session is January 7.

The first list of selected children, along with marks secured by them, will be out on February 4. The second list will be out on February 21 and the nursery admission process will conclude on March 31.

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As many as 25 per cent seats in pre-school, pre-primary and Class 1 will be reserved for economically weaker sections/disadvantaged groups (EWS/DG). The DoE has instructed all private schools to upload their criteria (with points for each criterion) for admission in open seats, on its official website by December 14.

The government has also set an upper age limit of less than four years to be eligible for nursery, less than five years for kindergarten, and less than six years for admission to Class 1.

The proposal for an upper age limit was challenged in court last year. Though a Delhi High Court order last year had allowed the imposition of the upper age limit, the DoE had decided that the order will be applicable only from 2019 academic session.

Apart from the abolished criteria, the schools have been given autonomy to come up with their own points system, as reported by PTI.

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Important dates for 2019-20 session:

1. December 14, 2018: Uploading of criteria for admission in open seats.
2. December 15, 2018: Online admission process for 2019-20 session to begin
3. January 7, 2019: Last date to apply
4. January 28: Uploading of marks for admission under open seats
5. February 4: First list of selected candidates to released
6. February 21: Second list of candidates to be out
7. March 31: Closure of admission process

Upper age limit:

1. Less than 4 years to be eligible for nursery
2. Less than 5 years for kindergarten
3. Less than 6 years for admission to Class 1