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AN.Com Exclusive-Private schools demand scrapping of discriminatory points system | Parents and Founder of AdmissionsNursery.com Protest Against Existing Point system | Indian Express dated 30 Nov
Private schools have demanded that the government ban the preference given to certain category of children during nursery admissions, as they prepare to admit next year’s batch.
An umbrella body of private schools demanded the government ban allocation of extra weightage to girls and to applicants with single parent among others saying that such criteria are discriminatory.
The Delhi government had introduced a new point system for nursery admissions last year that allowed schools to allot points to applicants based on criteria they deemed fit, expect for a few that were banned by the government.
The the new point system was enforced under the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act (RTE), which bars any discrimination during nursery admission. R C Jain, chairperson of the Delhi State Private Schools Association (DSPA) that claims to have at least 750 member schools, said certain criteria which some schools followed last year were discriminatory.
“Take for example the case of extra points given to applicants with single parent. A child’s parents should not be of concern to the school,” Jain said. In their letter to the Education department last week, the DSPA has also suggested extra weightage given to applicants whose grandparents were alumni of a particular school should also be banned, Jain said.
A senior Education official said a set of guidelines for schools to follow this admission season will be announced late December or early January, after which admissions will begin.
Prabhat Raman, Principal of Dr Radhakrishnan School in Defence Colony, said criterion such as giving extra points to a girl applicant is unjust to boy applicants.
We are asking that girl applicants should not be given preferential treatment. Because of this criterion, only girls were admitted in some schools last year,” he said.
Gitish Chandra Jham, principal of Lawrence Public School in Janakpuri, said he will soon write to the Directorate of Education (DoE)to stop schools from discriminating between girls and boys.
Chairperson of the DSPA Jain said they have also suggested that the criterion of giving extra points to applicants whose parents are in a transferable job, which some schools followed last year, should also be scrapped.
“Also, only those applicants whose parents are alumnus, and not grandparents, should be given extra points,” he said.
While the DSPA has demanded these changes, the National Progressive Schools Alliance (NPSA), another key association of leading private schools, prefers to wait for government guidelines.
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President L V Sehgal told Newsline, “Till now we have not proposed any changes to our member schools.”
http://epaper.indianexpress.com/c/3632
Admissions criteria won’t be revised, says Lovely
Education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely on Tuesday said the criteria for nursery admissions for next year’s batch will not be very different from those followed last year. He said last year’s experiment with a new point system for admissions worked quite well and the government has not received complaints strong enough for it to overhaul the system.
“We did receive suggestions from some quarters, including the suggestion that applicants with alumnus parents should not be given extra weightage. The point is, we cannot please everyone,” Lovely told Newsline.
The minister said the government will announce the admission schedule and guidelines for schools to follow by late December or early January.
He said the criteria will be notified at the right time, otherwise schools take undue benefit and charge tuition fee from parents months in advance.
Parents (of AdmissionsNursery.Com) who Newsline spoke to said reforms in nursery admissions envisaged under the RTE won’t take shape if the government decides to go ahead with last year’s guidelines.
Meenal Agarwal, a resident of West Delhi said, her son is a case in point to illustrate the discrimination meted out to several students under the current system.
“If the same criteria persists, I will lose out on many grounds. West Delhi does not have many renowned schools, plus, I have a son. There are no special points for boys in any schools,” she said.
Another parent, Gagandeep Kaur Saini was worried about the uncertainty that prevails. “I am seeking admission for my child this year and I hope that last year’s confusion regarding nursery admissions is not repeated.”
L V Sehgal, President of the National Progressive Schools Alliance, said last year’s confusion was caused by the fact that the criteria and notifications were announced very late,
“If last year’s criteria will be repeated this year also then there should be no confusion at all,” he said.
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Permalink Reply by Anand on
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Hi Mandeep, there is some logic in the sibling and alumni points in that if a parent has one child going to a particular school, it would be easier for the parent in all aspects if the other child attended the school as well. Alumni - is based on feeling of pride! If a parent has been to a particular school, there is an emotional bond with the school ... 14 formative years of your life in the schools has to mean something. The definition of Alumni though needs to be restricted to the school only from where a parent has passed out .. not to all sister concerns and allied branches!
However, why distinguish b/w male and female children at all? At least in the cities, I would like to imagine there is no distinction made by a parent on their children's education based on gender!
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Hi Anand, Again I would reiterate that if we are talking about making some new policies/rules then we have to understand the situation and try to make it in such a way that maximum people get benefit out of it.
I agree you spend 14 years in a school and it is pride feeling but don't you think getting 20-25 points just for that is too much and make other kids suffer due to this. There are lots of people who moved to Delhi for occupation or who whose parents were in Govt Job and moved places, what about them. Trust me, you will find these people a lot and taking their 20-25 points dont seem to be logical. I personally think that if people at large agree with Alumni point then it should be reduced to 5-10 points.If you add both Alumni and sibling points then it constitute almost half of the points.....don't you think this is injustice on remaining. There is difference between "giving benefit" and "eliminating" others. I am strictly against this elimination rule.
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Well put together Mandeep. However, if you look at an Alumni-sibling, I think they should get a direct entry anyway without even getting into these points mess. There is a much higher level of parental involvement already there. Maybe, what we should do is put a cap on the seats reserved for such communities rather than get them to compete with the General masses. This is where the General candidates loose out. If you cap the Alumni and Sibling quota alongside the Staff quota at 5-10% each .. and accounting for a 25% EWS, it still gives us General candidates 45% seats. What happens currently because of clubbing is the General candidates only get 5-10% of the seats, when they constitute the mass of the applicants
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When there is Quota for SC, ST, OBC, EWC then why not for girl child. I have seen in many cases parents dont want to give donation for girl for good schools but ready for boy child.. We should not encourage any quota in our society.. More surprisengly these point systems are only for Delhi NCR, looks like govt has no interest in another states thats why other states r doin well with very limited donations and corruption. Regards.
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Yes Vikrant - rightly said! We can go on piling up the quotas till we completely exclude General candidates (which now it seems is first born non Alumni male child). It would finally end up in a situation like in Chennai where their State Joint Entrance Medical topper (1st Rank) could not get admissions in the State Medical college as all seats were reserved! On the question of Donations .. that is an evil to be done away with - why create another evil (girl child reservation) to lessen a prevalent one (donation)? Delhi used to be pretty good on count of schools and quality education and it was fairly easy to get seats in a good school before this quota system got introduced four years back!
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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on
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Your option of a girl child quota can be applied in remote rural areas and not in metros.
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No Lathaa .. I'm not supporting quotas of any kind. What I'm trying to say is quotas (if at all required) should be capped. You shouldn't kill General candidate seats in the name of points. First choice - No Quota! If at all there is an Alumni/Sibling/Girl child points specially, please create a separate pool and cap it! Do not mix extra point candidates with the General Category. The only criteria that should go into General is Distance. Reserve 50% seats under General and cap the remaining 50%. Say 25% EWS, 10% Sibling, 5% Alumni, 5% Girl child and 5% Staff. You have the liberty to choose whether you want to apply under Quota or as a General candidate (but you can't put in 2 applications)
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Permalink Reply by Maharam Tanwar on
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Giving points to girl child is certainly a discrimination with the male child. This was implemented to encourage girl child education in rural areas but it will be unfair for the male children if continues in the cities like Delhi and all other metros. Everyone is well aware of the importance of education to a child be it male or female, especially in metros. So my take goes - stop discriminating atleast in Delhi.
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I fully agree with you Maharam Ji. Just for the information I also have a Girl Child and I have no other favourable Point, still I am saying this being carrying an unbiased approach
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Any guidelines should be acceptable first. If it is not acceptable how can our Education Minister continue with the same guidelines. As Mr.Maharam mentioned, Points for a girl child can be adopted in rural areas in India and not in metros. Discrimination should not be done. Single parent points should be restricted only to widows. Alumini points should be removed. Education minister has said that criteria will be notified at the right time, otherwise schools take undue benefit and charge tuition fee from parents months in advance. It's just an escape. Criteria should be notified as early as possible so that we can analyse and review. It shows he is not bothered of any reformation in education system. If he is not able develop our early childhood education which is very very eassential for child's future he should take responsibility and resign.
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Hi Lathaa .. unfortunately, politics does not happen according to what the larger masses want. Education Minister is a puppy to the Private schools on one hand and the Political brass on the other. Whatever suits these two classes is what will happen! Need not be logic or larger good of people ...
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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on
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Dear Anand and Lathaji
I concur with both of you..I am blessed with two daughters ... last year and this year also i have quoted to different media agencies that girl child and first boy should be given equal points (second child gets the ponts of sibling by default) in case people still feel that girl child should have some advantage ..else i am in favour of equal points for girl and boy child specially in place like DELHI
But i feel points should be there for single parents
BUT I AGREE IN RURAL/BACKWARD AREA GIRLS SHOULD BE GIVEN EXTRA ADVANTAGE !!
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