The Delhi Government’s Directorate of Education (DoE) has decided to move the Supreme Court to appeal against the High Court’s verdict on nursery admission guidelines.
The government body has directed the schools to put nursery admissions on hold till the hearing on January 5. Most of the city schools have, however, decided to start the admission procedure from Saturday and have refused to abide by the DoE's instructions. This has left the parents in a fix as to whether they should apply for admissions or wait for the SC verdict. The High Court had on November 28 quashed the points system issued by the Lieutenant Governor and permitted schools to form their own guidelines for nursery admission this season.
On Friday, a notice was sent by the advocate of the Directorate of Education (DoE) to Action Committee for Unaided Recognized Private Schools as per which the private schools were asked not to initiate or go ahead with the admission process for the academic session 2015-16 till Supreme Court's verdict on the same is out.
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When asked about the implications of the notice, Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com said, “If the Supreme Court decides to put a stay order on the High Court’s verdict, the admissions which would take place during this period from tomorrow will be considered null and void.”
“However, the other thing which might happen is that the Supreme Court may ask both DoE and the schools to follow last years LG guidelines. Also, the Court can reject the DoE's application in case of which the admissions will continue on the basis of guidelines formed by individual schools,” said Mr. Vohra.