Each school has set its own criteria to determine entry age and it is creating confusion, said parents.
Confusion over age criteria and mandatory documents like Aadhaar has made parents anxious about their children’s admission to nursery classes, already underway in most city schools.
Santosh Shetty, parent of a three-year-old boy, said that each school has set its own criteria to determine entry age and it is creating confusion.
There are three good schools in my area and I don’t mind getting admission in any of them because it is tough competition to get a seat. In one of the schools, the entry age of the child is above 4 and they have only two years of pre-primary section. The entry age is 3 as of December 2022 in one school and between 2.5 and 3.5 in another school but they haven’t specified the exact month and year making it confusing. If I don’t get in any of the other two, I will have to look for an independent playgroup for one year and start applying again next year,” he said.