Updated: December 23, 2020 8:39:36 am
Daycare admissions in Delhi are a highly regulated process, and the Delhi government decides on the schedule and criteria for admission. (Figurative)
The DELHI government is considering eliminating daycare admissions for the 2021-22 academic session. The sources said that senior government officials have discussed the option, which will now be proposed to private schools. Under the proposal, schools will admit two batches in 2022-23 instead, one in daycare and the other in kindergarten.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s Education Minister Manish Sisodia told The Indian Express that there was very little chance that schools would reopen before July. “Even if we start vaccinating people in February, we will only be able to vaccinate a considerable amount in July. There is no possibility of reopening schools before that. We also have to see how the tests will be carried out without putting teachers and students at risk, ”he said.
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Explaining the proposal to eliminate kindergarten admissions for the next session, a senior official said: “Schools can admit students to both kindergarten and kindergarten for the 2022-23 academic session, as there will be vacancies in both grades. Considering the unpredictable nature of the Covid virus, the youngest children will be the last to go to school in any case. In such a situation, having another group of young children whose entire academic year will be online is a bit unfair to both them and their parents. “
The school in Delhi has been closed since March. “There are a lot of students who started kindergarten in April this year, but everything was online. They have not interacted with their teachers or their peers, and have only seen them on screen. In formative classes such as nursery and kindergarten, children learn to interact with each other and with the world to be prepared for what lies ahead. They have not had this opportunity, despite starting school, “said the official.
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Daycare admissions in Delhi are a highly regulated process, and the Delhi government decides on the schedule and criteria for admission. The guidelines are generally published in November. This year, however, schools said the process has not been discussed so far.
“The government has not discussed any guidelines with us so far. Everything is very uncertain and parents are also cautious, considering the pandemic, ”said Jyoti Arora, principal of Mount Abu School and member of the governing body of CBSE.
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