Nursery admission guidelines faulty

The Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) on Friday sent a notice to the Delhi government’s directorate of education (DoE) seeking revision of the guidelines for nursery admissions. It severely criticised the guidelines saying they were clearly violative of the Right to Education (RTE) Act provisions.


Taking suo motu cognisance of the guidelines, the DCPCR has asked the DoE to treat the notice at “top priority” and send an action taken report by December 27. It also noted that so far it has not received a copy of the notified guidelines from the department and had to rely on the website and media reports.

It slammed the government for “giving its own interpretations” to the guidelines issued by the HRD ministry and making changes that directly contravene the provisions of the RTE Act, which strictly prohibits any screening procedure.