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Delhi schools award extra ‘admission’ points for vegetarians, teetotallers- Deccan Herald -29 Dec
Delhi schools award extra ‘admission’ points for vegetarians, teetotallers
While it is not uncommon for schools to set qualification criteria for parents in order to admit their children, some budget schools in Delhi are offering points for parents who are vegetarians, teetotallers and non-smokers, much to the amazement of admission seekers.
Schools like Mahavir Senior Model schools across Delhi extension and M M Public School in Pitam Pura have posted points for these categories on their websites.
Mahavir chain of schools is giving five points each to parents who are vegetarians, non-smokers and teetotallers, prompting some experts to question their purpose.
“My question is whether these schools have some special diagnostic tools that will find out if a parent is teetotaller, vegetarian, non-smoker?” asked Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com. “Otherwise everyone would claim these points so what is the logic behind it?”
He wondered if the schools would withdraw the admission given to the parents if they happened to find out later that they are smokers, drinkers and non-vegetarian eaters.
Meanwhile, M M Public School has given 10 points to first cousin living in same premises or near the school. “Giving points to any cousin is against nursery guidelines. Many schools are already manipulating the points given to siblings,” added Vohra.
Some schools have also given additional 10 points for cultural and linguistic integration
and inter-caste marriages.
Schools in Delhi and National Capital Region usually follow the Ganguly Committee’s 100-point criteria.
As per the point system, admissions are based on points a child earns on different criteria chosen by the school with special preference to distance or neighbourhood, sibling, girl child and alumni.
Majority of schools, including the popular ones in Delhi, are expected to make the announcement on January 1.
Some schools are also flouting the Directorate of Education’s admission schedule of making nursery application forms available for 15 days starting from January 1 to 15.
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Permalink Reply by Saroni M Gupta on
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This is encroaching on ones food habbit. veg or non veg food is based on region, religion and dietry habbit. it shoulnot be a medium of discreation between kids. very sad to hear this.
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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I concur Saroni.
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You may be right Saroni - but it could be a part of the school philosophy to follow and encourage vegetarianism or being a tee-totaller. One could argue that if encroachment of beliefs (caste/creed) could be grounds for reservations .. why not diet? The Govt has provided leeway for schools to keep their own criteria. The question rightly asked though is .. in this case - how can the school ascertain truth behind points being set aside for such criteria? As a corollary, would the school be in any position to take action if the same is found to be not true at a later date??
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Yes Anand Mr Vohra raised very valid issue.
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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on
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I concur with Mr.Vohra's statement.
@ Anand please go through this Central Government Act
Article 29 in The Constitution Of India 1949
29. Protection of interests of minorities
(1) Any section of the citizens residing in the territory of India or any part thereof having a distinct language, script or culture of its own shall have the right to conserve the same(2) No citizen shall be denied admission into any educational institution maintained by the State or receiving aid out of State funds on grounds only of religion, race, caste, language or any of them
So even minority schools can deny admission to non-vegetarians.
Their monority status too might get cancelled if they go against this.
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