Confusion, crowd on Day 1 of form sale

The sale of forms for nursery admission started in the city on Monday, with long queues of parents seen outside most reputed schools. The usual anxiety and confusion prevailed as many parents were either not sure of the timings for the sale of forms or reached the wrong branch of the school.

At Springdales School, Pusa Road, parents started queuing up from as early as 7 am. The queue extended past the school gates, and continued till the main road. Parents were also seen outside the school gates after the sale of forms ended on the first day.

There was confusion about the availability of forms of school’s Kirti Nagar branch at Pusa Road and parents were seen shuttling between the two branches. After Pusa Road school announced that forms for Kriti Nagar were available only there, parents rushed to make it in time. A little later one such parent returned to Pusa Road as “no forms were available at Kirti Nagar”.
The school authorities, however, said there was “some mis-communication” and forms for each branch were available at the location of the school.

Shikha Agarwal, who reached Springdales after sale of forms closed at 11.30 am, said: “I have been to about 12 schools since morning, and managed to get only one form for Bal Bharti till now.” She has been trying to find a school for her son Arnav, who is more than five years old now, for the past two years.

Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, did not see the huge crowd of parents as the school’s admission process is online. According to school officials, “Parents have to take an activation number from the school for the online form, which they can print and submit to the school.”

Sprindales, Pusa Road, sold 1,100 forms in the general category and 250 forms in the EWS category. Bluebells International School sold about 70 EWS forms; school’s general category admission is online. Tagore International School sold 700 general category and 120 EWS forms on the first day.

The sale of forms will continue till January 16 and the admission process will end on March 31. The schools will have to publish the first list of selected candidates by February 1 and second list by February 28.

There are about 4,500 schools in Delhi and NCR, of which over 2,000 are unaided private schools.

Benefit for twins in Nursery Admission 2012

New Delhi: There is good news for parents with twin children as some schools in Delhi are offering extra points to them for nursery admission 2012. Delhi Public School(DPS), Vasant Kunj is one among them, which is giving 5 points to twins.

Other than this, the twins will also be favoured with sibling points. If an elder sibling of the twins is studying in the same school, 25 points will be awarded to them. However, no sibling points will bawarded to the third child.

Other criteria which will be taken into consideration are of neighbourhood, first born child, single parent, transfer cases and girl child. There are schools which are also awarding points for cultural integration and diversity. Therefore, children form inter-religion and inter-caste marriages will get extra point.

DPS, Dwarka has come out with its point system on Wednesday. The school will award 25 points for neighbourhood, 5 points for single parent, 30 points for sibling, 20 points for alumni and 10 points in transfer case. If several applicants get the same score, then lottery system will be adopted by the school.

Most of the schools have the option for parents to apply online. Apeejay School, Saket is awarding points under the category of Representative Affirmative Action. The school's website says that this category have been developed to ensure that the class is diverse.

According to the Delhi Government nursery admission guidelines, 25% seats have to be reserved for the EWS students. Besides this, any type of screening of parents like information about profession and qualification are strictly prohibited.

Scramble for nursery seats from Monday

NEW DELHI: The new year has arrived with a challenge for parents of three-year-olds in the city. The nursery admission process for the 2012-13 session is going to start from Monday with most private recognized schools starting the sale and submission of application forms.

Most schools are likely to follow the tried-and-tested point system to select children for admission in nursery and KG. However, some schools have also decided to hold a draw of lots even for the general category this time. Parents can either apply online in schools like DPS R K Puram and Bal Bharati at Ganga Ram Hospital Marg or buy forms over the counter. According to the Directorate of Education, buying the school prospectus is not compulsory.

"Going by my experience last year, I would suggest that parents reach school early to be ahead in the queue. We had reached a school around 11am on the first day last year only to see an unbelievable rush.

Many parents had started lining up since seven to eight in the morning," said Rajeev Nath, who applied for the admission of his daughter last year. She got through a neighbourhood school as she scored points on distance and sibling as her elder sister also studied there. He added, "It's best to keep in touch with other parents in the same boat through your child's play school. I had also drawn up a proper plan on how many schools I had to apply to and over how many days." Another parent Maneesh Kapoor from Vasant Kunj, who is applying for his son's admission this year has already made a plan to submit applications during next one week though the submission process will go on till January 16 in all schools.

"My wife has taken a couple of days off work to go and buy the forms from all neighbourhood schools. We will sit down together and fill up the forms. Then I plan to take leave from work to submit the forms. We plan to avail the points for neighbourhood and first born child," Kapoor said. He said that he was not too anxious about the process before but got into action only after he saw his other friends leaving no stone unturned for their children's admissions. Though the high court had retained 3+ as the age for admission to nursery this year and 4+ for KG, the court is likely to decide if nursery should be treated as part of the main school on January 6.

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HNB University announces BA results 2011

Garhwal: The Hemwati Nandan Bahuguna (HNB) University has announced the result of B.A. Third Year (Back Paper) Examination 2011.

Bharath University signs MOU with Nokia India

KOLKATA: In a move to leverage knowledge expertise, Bharath University recently signed an MOU with Nokia India, to train students in the field of mobile technology. Dr K P Thooyamani, vice-chancellor, Bharath University, signed this momentous MOU.

The MOU will go a long way towards orienting and training the students in the practical approaches to mobile technology and will also see industry experts from Nokia sharing their expert knowledge with aspiring students.

According to the MOU, Bharath University will incorporate courses based on the present industry standards and requirements as a part of the curriculum. Experts from Nokia and its partner will train students based on the new modules incorporated.

Students will be selected for the industrial training based on their interests in the field. The modules are designed for the 3rd year and final year students and will be constantly updated according to the industry developments. This enables the university to churn out employees at par with the expected industry standard.

Commenting on the collaboration with Nokia, J Lakshmi Narayanan, chancellor, Bharath University said, We are proud to be associated with Nokia India, a leading mobile technology firm. This MOU is a step forward to motivate and train students in the field of mobile technology. We intend to provide expert knowledge that will benefit the students and help them gain an edge in the industry.India has one of the largest pools of mobile app developers in the world. At Nokia India, we believe that India is poised to become an app superpower in the coming years. We envisage a huge requirement for qualified professionals in the field of mobile technology over the next 4-5 years. We are associating with various colleges to increase our talent pool. This knowledge sharing programme is a step towards achieving that goal, said Jasmeet Gandhi, head services marketing, Nokia India.

On the successful completion of the course and subsequent certification by Nokia, students will be entitled to become a Nokia Developer Launchpad member, giving them access to the cutting edge technologies employed at Nokia. Also students will be provided with materials on upcoming technologies and access to the regional and global trainings.

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