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The first list of nursery admissions in Delhi\u2019s schools came out Tuesday. Most parents have been unhappy with the criteria of the private schools.<\/p>\n

February is a cruel month for parents of tots in India\u2019s competitive capital\u2014it\u2019s when parents brace themselves as nursery schools release their lists of admissions.<\/p>\n

The first list of names came out Tuesday, which is why, if you were looking, nine of the top 10 Google Trends searches in India were Delhi nursery schools. Remaining lists for general admissions will continue to come out through the month.<\/p>\n

Kate Darnton, an American parent of nursery school-aged children who moved to Delhi not long ago, said in January last year that the odds of getting into the Ivy League Harvard University were better than getting into the city\u2019s most popular primary school. <\/strong> No source of help on heaven or earth is overlooked\u2014from contacts to moving house to prayer ceremonies to fasting.<\/p>\n

Part of the problem is that while Delhi has about 2,500 public and private primary schools, elite parents target just the \u201ctop 20? private schools, said Usha Albuquerque, director of Careers Smart, an education consultancy firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe numbers are larger in India than anywhere else in the world,\u201d said Ms. Albuquerque. Individual schools may have somewhere between 70-100 nursery seats, meaning there\u2019s about 250,000 places going. If you\u2019re looking at just the top schools, the number is far lower of course. And private schools are supposed to reserve a portion of their seats for the very poor (although they don\u2019t always).<\/p>\n

Looks like an excellent opportunity for entrepreneurs in the Education Field! How adorable are those school children?<\/p>\n

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