New Delhi:
The nursery admissions first list is out in the Capital. For every child who has got in, there are thousands who haven't.
''I am so relieved even though my child's name is last in the list,'' says Dr Sunil Jha, a parent.
''My daughter is not even in the waiting list,'' says Raj Chhabra, another parent.
''We have applied in many schools. We will check there,'' says Anju Joshi.
The despair is understandable, because Delhi's 1900 private schools offer only 20,000 nursery seats, way short of the 2 lakh children who have applied for admissions.
Delhi's nursery admissions follow a unique system. The schools allocate points to a child on three factors-- Where he or she stays, if he or she has a sibling in the same school, and if his or her parent is an alumnus of the school.
A favourable profile however, does not guarantee admission, as Raj Chhabra has found out. His son studies in this school. His wife is an alumnus. Yet his three-year-old daughter could not get in.
''My son studies in this school. We estimated 70 plus points for our daughter. But she is not even in the waiting list,'' says Raj Chhabra.
Admissions used to be based on a fourth factor -- the parents' professional qualifications. This year, the government has taken that off the list.
''We had got a call in the second week of December about this change. But recognising the problem parents may have, in our school, we have given 20 points to all students, irrespective of educational qualifications,'' says Usha Ram of Laxman Public School.
The second list will be out next week. Given the huge shortfall in the number of seats in private schools, many of these toddlers will have to go to the neighbourhood nursery, or worse, wait for admissions next year.
''I am so relieved even though my child's name is last in the list,'' says Dr Sunil Jha, a parent.
''My daughter is not even in the waiting list,'' says Raj Chhabra, another parent.
''We have applied in many schools. We will check there,'' says Anju Joshi.
The despair is understandable, because Delhi's 1900 private schools offer only 20,000 nursery seats, way short of the 2 lakh children who have applied for admissions.
Delhi's nursery admissions follow a unique system. The schools allocate points to a child on three factors-- Where he or she stays, if he or she has a sibling in the same school, and if his or her parent is an alumnus of the school.
A favourable profile however, does not guarantee admission, as Raj Chhabra has found out. His son studies in this school. His wife is an alumnus. Yet his three-year-old daughter could not get in.
''My son studies in this school. We estimated 70 plus points for our daughter. But she is not even in the waiting list,'' says Raj Chhabra.
Admissions used to be based on a fourth factor -- the parents' professional qualifications. This year, the government has taken that off the list.
''We had got a call in the second week of December about this change. But recognising the problem parents may have, in our school, we have given 20 points to all students, irrespective of educational qualifications,'' says Usha Ram of Laxman Public School.
The second list will be out next week. Given the huge shortfall in the number of seats in private schools, many of these toddlers will have to go to the neighbourhood nursery, or worse, wait for admissions next year.
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