School accepts ’overage’ kid

MiD DAY had reported the travails of a young boy who was denied admittance because he had crossed the prescribed age limit by ten days

School accepts 'overage' kid

MiD DAY had reported the travails of a young boy who was denied admittance because he had crossed the prescribed age limit by ten days

Finally Aditya Mohan will go to school. After MiD DAY reported the incident of an east Delhi School denying admission to the child in pre-school as he was ten days older than the prescribed age limit, the institution has relented.

National Victor Public School (NVPS), located in IP Extension, Patparganj has granted a nursery seat to Aditya.
In a complaint filed against the school authorities, Sanjay Kumar, the father of four-year-old Aditya said he was denied the nursery admission form on the grounds that the kid would be ten days older by March 31, 2011. A complaint was filed with the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).

According to Department of Education (DoE) guidelines, the child should not be more than four years of age as on 31-03-2011. Aditya Mohan born on March 21, 2007 would complete four years of age on March 21, 2011.
In a formal explanation letter signed by school principal Krishna to the DCPCR, the school accepted fault on its part and admitted the child to pre-school for the academic session, 2011-12. A copy of the document is with MiD DAY.

"I have to mention that the school received back the completed registration form from more than 12 parents for pre-school (Entry level) whose age will be more than four years on 31.03.2011. The school did not refuse to issue the registration form on this account. Due to some misunderstanding one Sanjay Kumar, resident of west Vinod Nagar, left the school without obtaining the registration form," the letter says.

"I called Kumar personally to my office and my people had been calling him constantly for the due admission of his son. His registration form is submitted and his son will join the school as the session begins. Also he has withdrawn his complaint against the school," the principal said.

"After I filed the complaint and the news appeared in the papers, the school authorities called me in person for giving admission to my son. I am relaxed knowing that my son will be going to school now," said a relieved Kumar.