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Nursery admissions:Parents gear up to cough big fees |some schools have converted their general seats into paid seats under the management quota which is very disturbing phenomenon | The Asian Age
Nursery admissions: Parents gear up to cough big fees March 4, 201 PTI New Delhi
After successfully clearing the rigorous process of securing the elusive nursery seat for their tiny tots, parents in the capital are gearing up for the last but big hurdle - fees that range between Rs 75,000 and Rs 1.25 lakh in almost all sought-after schools.
Some schools are even demanding three to four lakh rupees to ensure a child's admission under their 'highly- manipulative' management quota, parents and experts allege.
"We have lost all hope of our son's admission as the schools where he was shortlisted have asked us more than Rs one lakh to secure our child's name in the final list," said Arti Sharma, a south Delhi resident.
"I have applied to more than 10 schools, but none of them have selected my child. And where he was shortlisted, they are asking so much money which I cannot afford. His chances of getting admission this year looks very slim," Sharma told.
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Ranjit Arora, a resident of Pitampura who had applied to more than 20 schools, also has a similar story.
"My son didn't get selected in any school. Surprisingly, however, a few good schools offered my child a nursery seat but for a hefty amount," Arora said.
Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, said such complaints are a regular feature on his forum.
"A minute look at our website could show you hundreds of such donation-related complaints posted by distraught parents this year," Vohra said.
"It seems as if some schools have converted their general seats into paid seats under the highly-manipulative management quota which is a very disturbing phenomenon," he said.
Unhappy with the Directorate of Education (DoE) for not taking adequate steps to prevent such 'corruption', parents are now venting their anger on the online forum.
Parents have alleged how some schools have turned nursery admission into a money-minting business.
Educationists also pointed out that fees in top schools are going to leave a big hole in the pockets of parents.
According to the fees structure available on the websites of some schools, one has to pay Rs 95,220 towards tuition fees of a year, Rs 14,283 as development charges and Rs 14283 as annual charges, besides other minor charges.
According to experts, the nursery season also saw two disturbing trends such as advance booking and the policy of first-come-first-serve.
Ishwar Natrajan, a resident of Anand Vihar, says he is a victim of the first-come-first-serve policy that spoilt his daughter's chances of getting admission in a neighbourhood school of which he himself is an alumnus.
"My daughter's name appeared in the list of selected candidates in the school, but when I went to the school, they told me the admission are over and they had adopted a first-come-first-serve policy," he said.
"I have also complained about this to the Directorate of Education (DoE), Delhi, but is yet to get any response," said Natrajan. When contacted, Shashi Kausal, Additional Director of DoE, declined to comment.
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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on
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Government should take stern action in fixing the higher fees in unaided public schools. A fixed fee structure should be fixed for preschool level, primary, middle, secondary and higher secondary level. The fee once fixed can continue for 3 years and thereafter can again seek for a revision.
I accept that advance booking was followed in most of the schools in Dwarka to include name in first list. FCFS policy was also followed in big and small schools.
To make nursery admission a transparent one centralised admission process is the only way and parents pocket also can be saved.
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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I second you Lathaaji and also parents should name the schools that did not declare lists
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Permalink Reply by Manoj Sharma on
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I guess , atleast 5-10% of funds raised by schools during admissions goes into Lovely Singh's pocket. When a minister is getting enough for not to take action against schools, how would we get justice. Its not only schools, parents also play major role in exploiting school norms by offering huge donations. Those who have plenty of black money can afford huge donations but not a middle class parent like me.
My son shortlisted in a school and I was asked to pay 20k on 18th Feb, as admission fee but I waited for other school's result. Unfortunately couldn't secure enough points to be eligible for admission. Finally I went to same school for admission and now they asked me to pay 22k as there is a hike in fee. I am wondering in just 2 weeks school hiked the fee !!!
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Permalink Reply by 0ymr6denidfbc on
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Commenting on schools wrong doing, govt inefficiency, ministers corruption, our helplessness etc etc etc, just help us to get our frustration out, nothing more. It doesn't answer the basic question -What should we do about it that really work and can stop all this nuisance?
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@Manu how many parents are ready to come in open ?
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Nursery admission fees to burn hole in parents’ pockets | Deccan Herald
After successfully clearing the rigorous process of securing the elusive nursery seat for their tiny tots, parents in the Capital are gearing up for the last but big hurdle -- fees that range between Rs 75,000 and Rs 1.25 lakh in almost all sought-after schools.
Some schools are even demanding three to four lakh rupees to ensure a child's admission under their “manipulative” management quota, parents and experts allege.
“We have lost all hope of our son’s admission as the schools where he was shortlisted have asked us more than Rs 1 lakh to secure our child's name in the final list,” said Arti Sharma, a south Delhi resident.“I have applied to more than 10 schools, but none of them have selected my child. And the school where he was shortlisted, is asking so much money which I cannot afford. His chances of getting admission this year look very slim,” Sharma said.
Ranjit Arora, a resident of Pitampura who had applied to more than 20 schools, also has a similar story. “A few good schools offered my child a nursery seat but for a hefty amount,” Arora said.
Regular feature
Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, said such complaints are a regular feature on his forum. “A minute look at our website could show you hundreds of such donation-related complaints posted by distraught parents this year,” Vohra said.
“It seems as if some schools have converted their general seats into paid seats under the highly-manipulative management quota which is a very disturbing phenomenon,” he said.
Unhappy with the Directorate of Education (DoE) for not taking adequate steps to prevent such “corruption”, parents are now venting their anger on the online forum.
Parents have alleged how some schools have turned nursery admission into a money-minting business. Educationists also pointed out those fees in top schools are going to leave a big hole in the pockets of parents.
According to the fees structure available on the websites of some schools, one has to pay Rs 95,220 towards tuition fees for a year, Rs 14,283 as development charges and Rs 14283 as annual charges, besides other minor charges.
Disturbing trends
According to experts, the nursery season also saw two disturbing trends such as advance booking and the policy of first-come-first-serve. Ishwar Natrajan, a resident of Anand Vihar, says he is a victim of the first-come-first-serve policy that spoilt his daughter’s chances of getting admission in a neighbourhood school.
“My daughter’s name appeared in the list of selected candidates in the school, but when I went to the school, they told me the admissions are over and they had adopted a first-come-first-serve policy,” he said.
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Sakshi,
I second Manu's comments ..To ensure we could all contribute a little bit towards making next year admission process a better one ,what all concrete choices we have
Was reading in one of the blogs that our founder Sumit V had flagged a protest outside DOE couple of years back
Can we do a simialr thing probably file a written pettition ,take online signatures of parents, assembling at a common place on a weekend..just brainstorming choices
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@Sakshi, you are also correct and even if some parents come forward then what? Does our complaints treated right? What to do? Where to go with our complaints? "They" are deaf and dumb. Then all I left with one option: I can start setting aside money so that I would able to pay hefty donation next year as it is a mandatory element for admission in a desired school. Also, I would need a "genuine" pimp who can make it happen.
Anyone have better idea? Be my guest, please share with all.
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Hi Manu
I would like to differ on this ..We should not underestimate the power of people ..Remember few years back almost whole of india got united for Jessica Lall case by lighting candles at india gate though she was not related to us but we related to her plight
This is the case of our kids ..We should get assembled and make a case out of it
We have already suffered and more or less settled for the second or third choice or are gearing up to shell out a huge sum for management fees but should ensure the same story does not happen next year
Sakshi,Sumit
Going by my original comment on Tuesday can you take a couple of mins to respond as per your experience and suggestion,what can be the best way to make our voice listen
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Puneet we need parents to pursue this issue even after their wards get selected but parents feel they will be victimiced by schools ,if they come in open
Mr Vohra has said so many times in media also
1 Parents needs to unite and should demand in common. so you tell me how many parents will come in open?
2 Prove your point before admission starts(when school come with points system) not after results ,rest you are intelligent enough to comprehend both the points.
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this is the same story of my daughter "I have applied to more than 12 schools, but none of them have selected my child. all of them now are asking so much money which I cannot afford. Her chances of getting admission this year looks very slim,"
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Dear Puneet.A.
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How hard it may sound but it is true my friend that - Optimism should not deny practicality.
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I would like to think that people power is supreme but the ground reality is a lot different. The example you quoted is indeed proving itself of how corrupt, rotten and mindless our system become; in Jassica Lal case, first this case was in courts for years(just like any other case), secondly, this is a known fact that the culprit was left free in the initial judgment(remember TOI headline-NO One Killed Jessica); BUT later when people pressure mounted then ONLY he was given jail term. Even after receiving jail term he was caught involved in notorious acts while he was on payroll (provided by our respected CM Mrs. Sheela Dicshit). Now who knows if he is still in jail or out on payroll or someone else spending time in jail on his behalf or even if he is in jail how comfortably he is spending his long holidays(money buy anything these days).
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Another example, you must have known what happen to Team Anna. They got huge public support, but what happened. Suddenly, just after they raised voices against Govt. there were inquiries, police cases against prominent members of team etc etc etc. Powerful people misused entire govt machinery against poor Andolankaris. Now, I think that we are not living in democracy rather in a Virtual-Tanashahi.
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All I am trying to say is that it is the SYSTEM itself that is rotten which needs to be fixed; it is not an easy job, it’s a long process and it demands much more than burning candles at the India Gate. Of course first thing it demands is UNITY among parent community. Big question is: Can we achieve unity? Considering in most (99.9999%) cases, once our own kid get admission in a fine school we tend to forget and forgive. Next year there will be a new set of parents to suffer…..on n on n on....go on
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