Admissions for prekindergarten seats in Delhi begin for children as young as 3, and what school they get into is widely felt to make or break their fate. Somini Sengupta in International Herald Tribune.
They offer prayers. They set aside bribe money. Their nights are restless.
This is a disquieting winter for parents of small children in India, especially here in its fast-growing capital, where the demands of ambition and demography collide with a shortage of desirable schools. This year, admissions for pre-kindergarten seats in Delhi begin for children as young as 3 years old, and the schools they get into now are widely believed to make or break their educational careers.
And so it was that a businessman, having applied to 15 private schools for his 4-year-old son, rushed to the gates of a prestigious academy in southern Delhi one morning last week to see whether his child’s name was on the preliminary list for possible admission.
