If you are an Indian living in Qatar and have children who are about to start school, then you will understand how much of a struggle it is to find new admission for children.

The huge shortage of admissions in the country has led some desperate parents to seek running classes in Indian schools in two shifts, reports Gulf Times.

Many community members have added their voices to the demand to do this for at least one year, until new schools are ready to function in 2018.

While new licenses have been given to expatriate schools this year, it may not prove to be adequate. Schools are expected to start the new academic year on April 1, and the admission process is currently underway.

Since 2013, the Supreme Education Council had placed strict rules that restrict the number of students that can be accommodated in each campus. It has led to every expatriate school facing problems and parents running from pillar to post to get admission for their children.

As a result, some families were forced to send their children back home, while others were compelled to put them in schools whose fees they could ill afford.

Community members have started seeking intervention from the Indian Embassy in Qatar to explore with educational authorities the possibility of introducing shift system this academic year itself.

“Such a move would go a long way in finding an immediate solution to the crisis,” said a parent who has two children seeking admission this year.

At least two other Gulf countries have currently allowed shift systems at Indian expatriate schools to facilitate enrolment of maximum number of students.