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The Embassy of India has advised Indian parents not to wait further for admission of their children in afternoon shifts in Indian schools.
“It is unlikely that approval will be accorded by the concerned authorities, for Indian schools in Qatar to start afternoon shifts,” the Embassy tweeted yesterday. “Please make alternative arrangements and do not continue to wait, in the hope that it will be approved,” it said.
Some Indian schools which received the go-ahead from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to start the second shift had started registration of the admission in afternoon shift for the academic year 2019-20 but after a while they put the admission procedure on hold asking the parents to wait for the final decision from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education.
By the end of February, The MES Indian School, which was one of the four to receive the go-ahead to start the second shift, posted on its social media platform that they had suspended the admission to the evening (second) shift and advised the parents to wait for further instructions from the ministry.
The Ideal Indian school had also posted on their official website that the “evening shift is on hold until further confirmation from the Ministry of Education. Registration and admission tests are being cancelled.”
According to parents, the schools returned the registration fees for admission for afternoon shifts.
