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Court demands alternative nursery formula from Govt.

Staff Reporter

Agrees with decision to approve age criteria for Class 1

Asks the Government to come up with the formula by November 7
Asks the Government to implement the Class I decision from the next academic session

NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court on Wednesday asked the Delhi Government to inform it of an alternative formula, if any, for admission to Nursery class in private schools even as it agreed with the Government’s decision to approve the Ashok Ganguly Committee recommendation of five years of age for admission to Class 1.

A Division Bench of the Court comprising Justice M.K. Sharma and Justice Sanjiv Khanna issued the direction on an affidavit by the Government where it said that it was opposed to the Ashok Ganguly Committee’s recommendation for a uniform formula for admission to Nursery in these schools.

“Each school should be allowed to define and adopt its own admission formula and marking scheme from out of a set of parameters so that their autonomy as given under Rule 145 of the Delhi School Education Rules ( DSER), 1973, is ensured,” the Government said. The Government’s reply followed a query by the Court about its stand on the Committee’s recommendations for admission to Nursery. The High Court asked the Government to get back to it on the admission formula by November 7, the next date of hearing. As for the minimum age for admission to Class 1, the Bench asked the Government to implement the decision from the next academic session. The Government informed that it had approved the recommendation of five years of age for admission to Class I. The Committee also recommended that the pre-primary education be of one year.

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