New Delhi: Delhi Government on Tuesday did not
appear averse to the Centre`s suggestion on increasing minimum
age for admission in nursery schools from three to four years.
"We have no objection to the suggestion," Chief Minister
Sheila Dikshit told reporters when asked about HRD Ministry`s
suggestion to increase the minimum age for nursery students in
the city following a consultation with principals and parents.
She said a three-year-old often finds it difficult to go
to schools on buses.
The Chief Minister said her government was open to the
idea of increasing the age-limit.
The suggestion from Human Resource Development Minister
Kapil Sibal came yesterday after a meeting with principals and
parents. Sibal had said he would write to Dikshit to consider
its implementation.
"The consensus was that the minimum age for nursery
admission should not be three years. It should be four years.
Admission into nursery system at three years adds emotional
stress to the child when he should discover the world," Sibal
has said.
PTI
