Delhi Education board withdrew upper age limit of 4-yr for nursery admissions

The Delhi state advisory board for education has withdrawn its decision of capping the upper age limit for nursery admissions as four years. It was announced after the board meeting to review its decision after resentment from parents and educationists.

As per the earlier norms the lower age was 3 years. There was no upper age limit for admission into class 1, pre-primary and preschool. Due to absence of an upper age limit imposed by the government, considerable confusion has prevailed in the past as age criterion varies across schools.

Now the Board has announced that the decision taken by the board earlier on upper age limit as four years should be considered as null and void.

The board had recently decided that “for preschool, the child should not be more than three years, 11 months and 30 days, as on March 30 of the start of academic year in which the admission is sought.”

As per the Right to Education Act, students applying under the economically weaker sections are mostly covered between 6 to 14 years. If upper age limit would have been fixed EWS children would not have been able to get admission.