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Uncertainty puts parents in a bind

TNN | Jan 16, 2014, 05.16 AM IST

NEW DELHI: Parents are cancelling leaves once again, and this time, even schools are hassled. They are not only fielding anxious calls from parents but also wondering if there'll be enough time to prepare yet another set of forms. And at least one principal found herself explaining to a twelfth-grader the connection between the nursery court case and his class's farewell party.

"I went to two-three schools today," says Puneet Arora who's hoping to admit his daughter in a south Delhi school, "I had heard that admissions could start on the 16th but I went just to be sure." Another parent said the Directorate of Education's circular announcing January 16 as the starting date led many parents to believe the verdict was "in favour of the parents." "Everything was going absolutely fine and now there's havoc," he says. On Wednesday, many parents even assumed that it was up to the schools to start selling forms or wait for the order.

"I hope they push the last date of submission...What if there are last minute changes in the criteria? We will have to plan everything all over again," writes one parent on admissionsnursery.com. The site's owner, Sumit Vohra adds, "This has been happening for the last three years. Parents first planned keeping January 1 in mind, then January 15, and now no one knows." Arora had taken January 15, 16 and 17 off and then cancelled. "I have not applied for leave again as yet since it is becoming very embarrassing. People in office are laughing."

Schools aren't. "We were flooded with calls and our security guards were constantly accosted by parents wanting to know what's going on. First-time parents are especially upset," says Tania Joshi, principal, The Indian School.

Even schools allowing online applications are troubled. The admissions-in-charge of a south Delhi school says they'll need at least two-three days to get the format changed by the agency the process has been outsourced to. Most schools were expecting the order to be issued on Wednesday.

The delay is also generally disruptive. Schools calendars are especially crowded this time of the year.

Factoring in the time needed for changing formats-if needed-and rounds of lotteries and the lists, Joshi fears they'll be "running against time." Practical exams begin by January-end. "I have to have the counters ready and I can't keep pulling teachers out for this. The auditorium is also out-of-bounds till this is over.Farewell parties, other school programmes, everything has been put on hold."

Deepak Sharma, a Dwarka resident, too visited many schools on Wednesday. All but one gave him a form, charged Rs 100 for it, and demanded another Rs 45,000 cash as "activity charges." "They wrote the fee structure and other payments on a sheet of paper. What is this Rs 45,000 for? I offered a cheque but they wanted cash," he says.

Sale of nursery forms deferred again

THIS IS NONSENSE. WHY CAN THE GOVT NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT THE PARENTS ARE GOING THROUGH?
ROHIT NARANG, a parent

From page 1 NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Wednesday decided defer the sale of nursery admission forms again after the Delhi high court reserved its decision on a petition against the new guidelines.

The sale of forms was to begin from January 15. After the court failed to take a decision on Monday, the Delhi government, hoping that a decision would finally be reached on Wednesday, postponed the sale till Thursday.

The indefinite delay, meanwhile, has started to anger parents.

“This is utter nonsense. Why can the courts and the government not understand what the parents are going through? For the first time we had guidelines that were fair and now the court can’t seem to decide what they want to do about it,” said Rohit Narang, a parent of a three-year old son.

While this is not for the first time that schools have gone to court against some clauses in the guidelines, it is the first time that the admission process has got delayed twice because of the litigation.

In earlier cases, the court’s decision was implemented in the next year’s guidelines.

Despite the government’s decision to postpone the admission process indefinitely, some schools have already started selling forms.

“A number of schools have stuck to the original schedule. This is creating a lot of confusion. These schools have indicated in their forms that the admission will be on the basis of the criteria declared by the Lieutenant Governor. What if the court overturns those guidelines? Will we have to buy their forms again in that case?” said Amita Kapoor, a resident of Saket.

Officials at the directorate of education could not be contacted despite repeated attempts. The nursery helpline, meanwhile, recorded more than 1,700 complaints on Wednesday.