The city government was on Monday accused in the Delhi high court of not framing guidelines for the ongoing admission of children below four years of age to pre-school or nursery classes, despite court orders.
Appearing for civil society Social Jurist before the bench of Acting Chief Justice A.K. Sikri and Justice Rajiv Sahai Endlaw, advocate Ashok Agarwal argued that keeping the child’s interest in mind, the Ashok Ganguly Committee had recommended four years as the admission age of children to pre-school classes and it was endorsed by this court in 2007.
“Even the Delhi Education Act prescribed the same age criteria but under the garb of Right to Education (RTE) Act 2009, the government has allowed private schools to give admission to children in the school at the age of three. The government, which was directed by the court to frame guidelines on the issue for the academic year 2008- 2009, has failed to do so till the date,” Aggarwal said during the arguments.
Citing the apex court rulings, the counsel said the Constitution empowers courts to frame guidelines on the issue till the government comes out with new guidelines. After hearing the argument of NGO, the court fixed Wednesday to hear the Delhi government’s arguments.
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Competitive mag releases special Jan. 2012 issue
Age Correspondent
New Delhi, Jan. 9
Pratiyogita Darpan Group has launched a special January 2012 issue with the aim of helping students to attain success in competitive examinations. This issue of the magazine contains useful and examination-oriented reading material.
Giving more details regarding the issue Editor & Publisher of the group Mr Mahendra Jain told newspersons that it includes latest updates and facts on national and international events, current affairs on sports, science and technology etc. Under the world panorama section it includes topics like Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC) and South-South Cooperation: New Foundations and gives an overall view of various events taking place all over the world.
Interviews of various toppers are also included in the issue.