Delhi Nursery Admission 2022-23: First list to be released today, second on Feb 21

The minimum age criteria for admission to nursery, pre-primary (KG) and Class 1 is three years, four years and five years respectively, as on March 31, 2022. parents seeking age relaxation may approach the head of school or Principal.

Nursery Admission 2022-23 Delhi: According to the official schedule released earlier, the Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) is expected to release the first merit list for admission to entry-level classes – Nursery, kindergarten (KG) and Class 1 – for the 2022-23 academic year today, February 4. Parents seeking admission for their wards must note that the information related to the nursery admission process will be released on the official website of the DoE website. The admission process against the first list will end on March 31. Delhi Nursery Admission 2022-23 second list will be released on February 21.

The minimum age criteria for admission to nursery, pre-primary (KG) and Class 1 is three years, four years and five years respectively, as on March 31, 2022. This is for open category admissions, other than Economically Weaker Sections, Disadvantaged Groups (EWS/DG) and Children with Special Needs (CwSN) category seats.

The government also announced age relaxation for admission of up to 30 days may be granted at the level of head of school in the minimum and upper age limit for these classes. In order to seek age relaxation through a manual application, parents may approach the head of school or Principal.

Earlier, in an official notification, DoE directed schools that the number of seats at the entry levels shall not be less than the highest number of seats in entry-level classes during the last three years-- 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22.

The official statement released by DoE regarding Nursery Admission 2022-23 read, “Schools shall develop and adopt criteria for admission which shall be fair, reasonable, well defined, equitable, non-discriminatory, unambiguous and transparent. No school shall adopt a criterion abolished by the department including charging capitation fees or donations. Pre-schools or Montessori schools run by registered societies or Trusts as branches of recognised unaided schools will have to follow single admission process for their pre-school and main school considering them as one institution.”

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