Extract of the proceedings of the Sub Committee constituted by the Action Committee Private Unaided recognized schools regarding the procedure / parameters for Nursery Admission for the year 2015 - 2016
The Committee after deliberations recommends the following
1. Admission Criteria should be objective, transparent and school / parent friendly.
2. No interaction / interview of parents or child.
3. Educational qualification, Income, occupation not to be a criteria.
4. No sale of prospectus. Only registration charges @ Rs.25/-.
5. Allotment of Seats
a) 25% EWS including 3% for children with Special Needs / Disadvantaged Group (depending on facilities available)
b) 5% Staff
c) Management Quota - 20%
d) For the remaining seats, to develop and adopt a clear, well defined, equitable, non-discriminatory and unambiguous criteria for admissions in the interest of the child, it is suggested that the following criteria be given weightage
a. Distance / Neighbourhood
b. Siblings
c. Alumni
d. Staff Ward
e. School specific criteria (Girl Child, Minority, Single Parent etc.)
Schools are further advised to limit the percentage of seats in each category to enable a significant number of seats being made available in the general category. For example
i) EWS : 25%
ii) Sibling : Upto 20%
iii) Alumni : Upto 5%
iv) Staff : Upto 5%
v) Management Quota : Upto 20%
v) General Category : 25%
The following dates are suggested for the admission process
i) 20th December – 20th January : Issue & Acceptance of Forms The forms must be available for atleast 10 days
ii) Admission process to be completed in all respects by 31st March, 2015
The criteria decided by the school shall be duly approved by the School Managing Committee. After this, it is to be put up on the School Website and a copy sent to the Department of Education before the admission process commences.