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No end to nursery admission muddle
Mar 11, 2014, DHNS :
Tricky issue
Getting your child admitted in nursery in a reputed private school of Delhi has for long been known to be a nightmarish process.
But this year, it has assumed epic proportions. For the first time in the history of primary education in the City, the whole process has been delayed by a month. While sessions in the nursery wing of every school start by April 1-3 each year, this time, they are not expected to begin before April 25th.
The controversy began in December last year after inconsistencies were found between the Right to Education Act and the admission guidelines framed by ex-CBSE chief Ashok Ganguly. The Lieutenant Governor framed new guidelines with points for inter-state transfer cases, but soon parents were found to be producing fake transfer certificates to get their wards admitted. The High Court declared even the second draw of lots done by schools null and void, and now parents are in a situation where they have to start filling forms afresh when the whole process should have been completed by now.
And yet, the ‘nursery admission mess’ looks nowhere near a resolution with at least five court cases filed by different stakeholders on the issue pending hearing. These will again, likely, cause protests and delays either this year
or next.
Sumit Vohra, Founder, Admissionsnursery.com – an online forum for parents with school-going kids, says this is unprecedented, “Parents don’t know what to do now. Many of them had taken leave from office to stand in long queues to procure the forms, get the verification done and then frantically check the result sheets for their wards’ name. Now everything will start from scratch. More so, those who had managed to get their wards admitted had also submitted the fees. We still don’t know if they will get it back.”
Ameeta Wattal, principal, Springdales School (Pusa Road) and chairperson, National Progressive Schools Conference insists the schools are the worst sufferers in this confusion. “Can you imagine my plight at the moment? Board exams are going on and I have to scramble for staff to take care of the nursery admission process too. This was bound to happen as no one listens to us at the time of
policy framing.”“There was no need for the extra five points to inter-state transfer cases and rather the 70 points given under neighbourhood quota (the school lying within 8 km radius of the school) should have been staggered by way of 30 points for 0-3 km, 20 points for 3-6 km, till 10 km at least. Private schools are not equally distributed across Delhi. Some areas like south and west Delhi have very good schools, while others like north and east have barely any.”
Educationists like former CBSE chief Ashok Ganguly, however, point out that there is no solution to this imbroglio till more schools are set up in the city or at least the existing government schools start nursery wings. “It is, essentially, a problem of mismatched demand and supply. There are just about 900 schools with roughly 1.25 lakh seats,while the number of unique applicants each year exceeds 1.3 lakh. Where are the other children supposed to go? The root of this problem has to be addressed. Or else, there is
no relief.”
Replies to This Discussion
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Permalink Reply by Prashant Pathak on
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Dear Latha,
"any list regarding inderprastha school dwarka"
Regards
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Permalink Reply by Dr. Samar Shadab on
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i wonder how "good" will be these govt nurseries and if public will like to send their children there?? starting the second shift by the reputed schools is the only way!!!
and while framing the guidelines and point system, LG should meet up and discuss and take into consideration of suggestions by the school authorities, parent representatives and experts like Mr Sumit Vohra who is looking, following and collecting data for school admission for 6-7 yrs!!
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Permalink Reply by GAURAV Gupta on
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Parents are in Big Trauma due to not getting good deadlines from DOE . They should set at once and should be followed every year .
Nursery admission problem only resolved if this system is centralized of each region and arrange such good authority who can manage in transparent manner .
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Dr Samar and Gaurav
I echo Delhi govt should take Mr Sumit Vohra in advisory before making next year guidelines.Then we will be sure even if we don't get 100% guidelines which makes everyone happy but he will make it sure that the guidelines will be logical and sensible .Above article shows how much he understands what parents are going through.
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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on
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I extend my full support to the views of Dr.Samar, Mr.Gaurav and Mr.Ajay. Our AN.com website has lot of inputs needed to plan activities, develop new policy and procedures. Mr.Sumit Vohra is a best mentor to head the advisory committee and empower the committee to bring a great solution to mission admission process. With vast knowledge, experiences and expertise in the field of admission process no doubt he can play a key role. Our founder can provide his invaluable and extensive support and guidance to make admission a realistic one. I request LG who heads our government at present to take into due consideration in the interests of our parent community.
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Delhi university colleges rum second shift..why ..just to meet the demands.same should be applied in delhi schools.prob is of less seats .sumit sir plz frwd this to higer authorities..plz send letter to mr lg sahab..
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The problem is also of framing the guidelines at the very end. I mean the DOE should have formed the guidelines in april 2013 but they chose dec 13 just before the start of the admission process.
Regarding the nursery in govt schools, the govt. should UPLIFT the quality and infrastructure of its schools immediately. Instead of going after pvt. schools to such a choking level is not a solution. If people condemn pvt schools for asking donations then they themselves are to be blamed too, for being so obsessed and so called brand conscious for the sought after schools and then attracting the middlemen to ask for money. I believe GOOD schools are not so cheap, asking for money atleast at the higher level. Their sole motive is to filter the student intake, which also is not correct ethically, but this filtration is one of the main reason for the pvt top schools becoming so sought after.
Think about it.
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Permalink Reply by SANJAY on
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Parent who are going to Court to maintain their draw status are not aware that when they were selected that time probability of getting selected was more since participants were less. That's why Court asked for fresh draw. Fresh draws will give an opportunity to all.
Secondly in few schools major portion of seats is allocated to alumni and siblings. Court have to look at the significance of these points also or else this will become next burning issue.
If u agree with me share it.
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