School year in India starts in the month of June, but the admission process starts in the month of Nov-Dec for the following year. Admissions at good schools are usually completed by February. Getting admission for your child especially in Nursery, KG, 1st and 2nd grades/standards is absolutely impossible once the school year has started. If you are trying to look for admissions after the month of February the following tips are for you too. For us schools started around June 19th and it took us almost a month to get our kids admitted in the school of our choice. Here are some tips for those who are in similar situation:
- BE PAITENT! – This is my number one advice to everyone that is trying to get admission for their kids.
- Use your influence early on – Try getting it without any pressure by talking only TO THE PRINCIPAL. Do not talk to the admissions coordinator they do not have the power to help you. They are like a tape recorder that will never change its story. Talk only to the Principal and be calm and PATIENT.
- Be Persistent – The famous saying "PERSISTENCE PAYS" believe me it does work in India. You have to make sure that the other person feels POWERFUL. They need to feel important. BE PATIENT with everyone working at the administration office they hate seeing your there every time but they like the fact that they have the POWER to turn you down.
BE AWARE, nothing in India works like you are used to in the United States. Nothing comes easy to you. It requires lots of patience, influence and money to get anything done in India. Everything in India is expensive… I will write about this in my future blog.
So my friends, in short we are happy so far, things are moving in the right direction and we are settling slowly but steadily.
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