AAP’s move to fix age limit for entry-level education

Delhi government have fixed maximum age of admission to entry level class for education. This move is challenged in court. I would like to discuss about it in this post.

The DoE’s circular fixed the upper age limit for admission in entry-level classes at four years for pre-school, five years for pre-primary and six years for Class I as on March 31 of the year in which admission is being sought.

Schools are forcing child to study three years before reaching class 1st. This rule is to make sure that schools don't force children to study for unnecessary years and become over 7 years before reaching class 1st. If a child is 5 years then he should be admitted to class 1st and not to pre-school. It is double edge sword which is hitting child's right to education. Schools need to be stopped from forcing children to study 3 year in their school before reaching class 1st. Admission in class 1st should be based on age and not on basis of how many years child has studied before applying for class 1st.

Schools want to make more money and by teaching a student for 12 years are not generating well enough money so schools introduced one year before class 1st. 13 years of schooling was also not good enough so schools introduced another year before first class. Since children are too small to go to school this thing could not work out unless entry age of first class is raised. So schools raised age requirement for class 1st. Schools want to teach student for 15 years, 3 years before class first and 12 year for class 1st to 12th. If a child starts schooling below 4 years then he will be below 7 by the time he/she reaches class 1st. So schools want maximum age for class first raised to 7 years. By the time a student pass out of class 12th he/she will be 19 years. This age used to be 16 and half year when I used to study in a government school. 

Government needs to control schools and not let them exploit parent and student for generating more money. 1st class is called first because it is start of schooling and 12 years of schooling is sufficient to go to college. Children don't need to spend 15 years in school before reaching to collage.