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Court refuses to stay toddlers' admission in
Delhi schools
Wednesday December 21, 2011 09:11:56 PM,
IANS
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NGO challenges government's order on nursery admissions
The Delhi
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(nursery) class was Monday challenged in court by an NGO, which
said it was against an earlier court judgment. » |
New Delhi: The Delhi
High Court Wednesday refused to suspend the admission process for
pre-school class in city schools, scheduled to start Jan 2 next
year.
Hearing a plea challenging the Delhi government's guidelines on
admissions by schools, the court said it would decide the issue
Jan 6.
NGO Social Jurist had moved court against the order of the
government permitting unaided private schools to proceed with the
admission of children aged three years and above in pre-school
class.
The bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice R.S.
Endlaw directed the Delhi government to file its reply on the
issue within three weeks.
The NGO said in its petition that the order of Delhi's directorate
of education (DoE) violated an earlier judgment of the high court
which said that no child below the age of four years, would be
admitted for formal schooling.
The petitioner sought a "stay of the order dated Dec 16, 2011 of
the Delhi government, to the extent it permits unaided recognised
private schools of Delhi to conduct admission to pre-school as
entry level class in the academic session 2012-13".
Ashok Agarwal, counsel for the NGO, alleged that the government
had failed to prevent unaided recognised private schools from
admitting children below four years of age in formal school.
Seeking a ban on the pre-school class where kids aged above three
years, but below four years, were being admitted, the NGO pleaded
that formal education should start with the pre-primary class
where children above four years were admitted.
The petition alleged that the government's order, was issued "in
haste and in great disregard to the orders having been passed by
this court in the public interest litigation and also with a view
to frustrate the present proceedings".
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