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.
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.
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