NEW DELHI: Determined to make the admission process for nursery and pre-nursery classes in schools here helpful for tiny tots, the Delhi High Court on Monday set up a five-member committee under Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) Chairman Ashok Ganguly to suggest within six weeks an alternative mechanism in place of interviews for admissions to these classes.

A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice Vijender Jain and Justice Kailash Gambhir ordered constitution of the committee when the Action Committee of Recognised Unaided Schools once again failed to submit to the Court a consensus modality in place of interviews for admissions to the two classes.

The High Court had on August 23 directed the Action Committee to put in place within a week an alternative mechanism in place of interviews for admissions to the two classes.

The Bench directed the committee to invite opinions of parents, schools' managements and people in general about devising a new admission mechanism and then submit a comprehensive report to the Court within six weeks.

The Court would then pass an appropriate order in the matter, the Bench said. The other four members of the new committee are Anil Wilson, Principal of St. Stephen's College, Delhi; Shyama Chona, Principal of Delhi Public School, R.K. Puram; Ved Vyas, former Principal of Modern School; and T.V. Kurien, former Chairman of CBSE.

The Court has already said "No'' to the practice of subjecting children and their parents to interviews for admission to these classes in private unaided schools in the Capital.

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