Here, there’s a rush to enrol unborn kids for LKG classes
Vinayashree.J@timesgroup.com 10.04.2018
Unborn children can now obtain admission to school. Mulling over school admissions even before planning a family may sound like a joke cracked by a stand-up comedian, but for some young couples in the city it is a reality.
The father of a six-month-old child was stumped when he was told that he was “too late” for planning admission, not for the current batch, but for the 2022 batch at a reputed school. Sishya School, Adyar (ICSE) is known to carry out registrations for batches much in advance, but some parents found it absurd when the school told them they had missed the deadline for a batch that would start classes four years later. Aditya N, the surprised father, said: “The school told me that I was late as only those born in January 2018 or born in the coming months would be considered for admissions. As all other batches were full, I was told that as a special request I could approach the school later,” he said.
When TOI contacted the school, it said all admissions for batches before 2022 were closed due to high demand while a notification on the school website called for appointments for registrations for LKG for 2022.
But Malathi K of Aurro Educational Services said it ultimately came down to parents who pay for this system of prior admission. “It is better to carry out admissions for the present batch. These processes also affect RTE admissions due to high demand for filling the seats,” she said, adding that the “absurd” pattern should not be replicated by other institutions.
Meanwhile, most CBSE schools are following the board’s early admission deadlines keeping parents on their toes. The window for applications which opened in February has closed for many institutions.
Many schools are already in the process of verifying applications and admitting students for the coming academic year.
Vinayashree.J@timesgroup.com 10.04.2018
Unborn children can now obtain admission to school. Mulling over school admissions even before planning a family may sound like a joke cracked by a stand-up comedian, but for some young couples in the city it is a reality.
The father of a six-month-old child was stumped when he was told that he was “too late” for planning admission, not for the current batch, but for the 2022 batch at a reputed school. Sishya School, Adyar (ICSE) is known to carry out registrations for batches much in advance, but some parents found it absurd when the school told them they had missed the deadline for a batch that would start classes four years later. Aditya N, the surprised father, said: “The school told me that I was late as only those born in January 2018 or born in the coming months would be considered for admissions. As all other batches were full, I was told that as a special request I could approach the school later,” he said.
When TOI contacted the school, it said all admissions for batches before 2022 were closed due to high demand while a notification on the school website called for appointments for registrations for LKG for 2022.
But Malathi K of Aurro Educational Services said it ultimately came down to parents who pay for this system of prior admission. “It is better to carry out admissions for the present batch. These processes also affect RTE admissions due to high demand for filling the seats,” she said, adding that the “absurd” pattern should not be replicated by other institutions.
Meanwhile, most CBSE schools are following the board’s early admission deadlines keeping parents on their toes. The window for applications which opened in February has closed for many institutions.
Many schools are already in the process of verifying applications and admitting students for the coming academic year.
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