Delhi School Admission: For admission in the first class in the schools of Delhi, it is necessary to be five years old. However, soon this age limit rule is going to change.
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Delhi Schools: There is going to be a big change in the next academic session for the children studying in Delhi schools. Actually, students will now have to study for three classes. currently Delhi School You have to study for two years. Only after this they are eligible for admission in the first class. This new change is happening at a time when the Directorate of Education (DOE) has expressed its desire to adopt the National Education Policy-2020 from the academic session 2024-25.
It has been said in NEP-2020 that children between the age of 3 to 8 years will be taught in the foundation stage i.e. elementary education. The Directorate of Education has laid emphasis on making the process inclusive and participatory. For this, suggestions have been sought in this matter from various stakeholders including teachers, parents, students, school management committee, educational institutions, school associations, professionals, subject experts, scholars and general public.
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Educational format will be like this
In the official statement of the Ministry of Education, it was said that through the National Education Policy 2020, a target has been set to change the entire education system. If we talk about school education, then in NEP 2020 it has been said to replace 10+2 structure with 5+3+3+4 format. In this, emphasis has been laid on children in the age group of 3 to 18 years. This format will be at four levels, which include Foundational, Preparatory, Middle and Secondary.
How will the format be for children?
Admission in the new curricular structure under NEP will start from 3+ years onwards. Then children of 4+ years will get admission in the next class, after which children of 5+ years will be given admission in higher class. After studying for three years, students will get admission in the first class when they are 6+ years old.
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In the current education system, a student is given admission in the first class when he is five years old. This means that as soon as he completes nursery and kindergarten studies, he gets admission in the first.