The mad rush for admission to the pre-primary and primary sections has started in the State capital. With a quest for quality education and the availability of limited seats in reputed private schools, the struggle to admit a child in public school has become even tougher.
Securing admission in a suitable public school for children remains a big challenge for parents in the city.
Every year parents queue outside schools to get their children admitted in the reputed public school in the state capital. “last year too I tried admitting my son in reputed public school but was unable to do so. Due to the rush I was unable to get admission forms last year. This year too the rush has increased for admissions,” said, Nilesh Prasad, father of 4 years child.
Private schools like St. Xavier’s School, Delhi Public School, JVM Shyamali, loreto convent and others are going to start the admission procedure. On the other hand play school like St Mary’s have already completed its admission procedure.
“We are beginning the admission procedure from October 27. This year we have not increased seats in the junior wings. However, we are going to fill all the 25 per cent of the total seats reserved for underprivileged students,” said A K Singh, Principal of Oxford Public School.
Similarly, Principal of Surendra Nath Secondary School, Samita Sinha said, “The school management is going to issue the notification of admission for primary school section by the end of this month. Moreover, we have 200 seats in pre-primary section. We have not increased the number of seats this year. Fee structure too will remain same. The criteria of selecting kids this year will be decided by the school management in the upcoming meeting.”
Citing details about the admission procedure for the session 2016, Principal of DPS Ranchi, Ram Singh informed, “The admission procedure has already started and will conclude on November 2. There are certain criteria like single girl child, distance, alumni and other on which selection of kids depends. Moreover, the school authorities give emphasis on the bonafide documents. As far as selection procedure and fee structure are considered, we are going to discuss it first in the upcoming DPS society meeting. However 10 per cent seats will be increased this time in standard Prep.”
Many schools in the state capital have made online provisions for the admission procedure.