Ganguly Committee report on toddlers' admission accepted: govt -Governance Now

Ganguly Committee report on toddlers' admission accepted: govt

A major relief for the parents and toddlers in the city

PTI | December 15, 2011

The city government today told the the Delhi High Court that it has accepted the recommendations of the Ganguly Committee report on admission of toddlers in pre-primary and class one.

"The cabinet at its meeting dated September 3, 2007, considered the recommendations of the Ganguly committee and accepted and approved that the minimum age for the admission in pre-primary and class one will be 4+ and 5+ respectively," Shashi Kaushal, Additional Director in the Directorate of Education (DoE), said in an affidavit.

A bench of headed by Acting Chief Justice A K Sikri has fixed December 21 for the final hearing on a PIL on the admission of toddlers.

The DoE said the guidelines for the admission in pre-school can be worked out after "detailed discussions with experts and stakeholders while keeping in view the provisions of the Right to Education Act."

"The cut-off date for determining the age was fixed March 31 of the year in which admission is sought. For pre-schools which have infrastructural facilities were allowed to open pre-school classes for children below age of four years.

"However, the pre-school classes shall not be part of the main school nor shall be treated as feeder classes to the pre-primary class. The children in pre-school should be from immediate neighbourhood," the DoE said.

The affidavit also said that in pursuance of the recommendations of the Ganguly Committee, the DoE has already opened pre-primary classes in 331 out of 382 Sarvodaya Schools and in the remaining, pre-primary classes will be opened in a phased manner after making provisions for infrastructure.

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