Schools like CRPF Public School which start with KG are also apprehensive about an additional rush next year. ``Schools which have nursery will prefer their own kids for KG first before accommodating others. This will create problems for us,'' said school principal Suraj Prakash.

Besides capacity expansion, there are other logistical problems also.

``The situation will turn messy as there will be a huge mismatch between the two group of students in KG classrooms next year. Kids who will directly join KG may not be equipped to grasp the KG lessons. We may have to take extra classes for them for two to three months to bring them on par with our kids who will be under our supervision in nursery,'' said Priya Arora, principal, Ryan International.

Scrapping nursery at one go will be equally problematic as each school has at least three to six sections for the class.

``In our school, there are around nine teachers and assistant staff members for nursery. Doing away with it would mean terminating their services,'' said Ameeta Mulla Wattal, principal, Springdales (Pusa Road).

She said schools which have adequate facilities for nursery kids and maintain a separate routine for them should not be forced to abolish nursery.

And it is also an emotional setback for the nursery teachers, who are ``second mums'' to these little ones. ``Our job is not restrained to teaching but there is an emotional bond with the tinytots. We are extremely attached to the priceless love these little ones give us and the little things they share with us like appreciating the colour of sari or complaining about a dish the mother has prepared,'' said Abha Halder, a nursery teacher in Tagore International.