An NGO moved the Delhi High Court Tuesday seeking direction to the Delhi government to prevent unaided private schools from having more than one year of pre-primary class in the formal school system.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The petition filed by NGO Social Jurists, through advocate Ashok Agarwal, said: ‘This very high court in September 2007 directed the government to implement the recommendations of the Ashok Ganguly committee, which fixed four year-plus as the age criterion for admission to pre-primary class.’<\/p>\n
\u00a0‘The schools have violated the city government’s order,’ Agarwal said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The admission to nursery — a class before the formal pre-primary class — at three-plus age was treated as admission in the formal school system which was illegal, the petition said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0‘The government of Delhi has failed to frame guidelines in terms of clause 21 of the Recognised Schools (Admission Procedure for Pre-primary Class) Order, 2007,’ said Agarwal.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The state’s non-action violated the fundamental rights of children, he said.<\/p>\n
\u00a0Different unaided recognised private schools in Delhi were applying different age criteria for admission of children to pre-primary classes, said the petition, seeking direction to the government to ensure that all schools followed a uniform age criteria.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The Delhi School Education Act, 1973 provided that a child who had not attained the age of five years shall not be admitted to Class-1 in a recognised school, said the petition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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