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MOST LIKELY Delhi education minister says no changes in nursery guidelines| However, admission age currently under review ; HINDUSTAN TIMES DT 8 NOV PAGE 4

MOST LIKELY Delhi education minister says no changes in guidelines; HINDUSTAN TIMES DT 8 NOV PAGE 4

However, admission age currently under review LAST YEAR'S GUIDELINES WERE BASED ON RTE ACT AND RESERVED 25% SEATS FOR ECONOMICALLY WEAKER SECTIONS
While many parents may be hoping for some changes in nursery admission guidelines this year, these are most likely going to remain the same as last year.

Delhi education minister, Arvinder Singh on Monday said that there are going to be no changes in the guidelines and that they are expected to be notified by the end of this month. The criterion of admission age, however, is under review by the court currently.

An NGO had filed a petition in the high court last week, saying that three years is too young for admission to Nursery.

The court has asked the Delhi government for a reply regarding the plea by November 23.

“The guidelines will remain the same. We are not introducing any change. The court has only asked us for an explanation regarding the age,“ said Singh.

Though many experts, including HRD minister Kapil Sibal, have maintained that nursery admission should be done at the age of four, Singh has maintained that this step would disadvantage Delhi students as they will pass class 12 at the age of 18, a year later than students from many other states.

Last year's guidelines were based on the Right to Education (RTE) Act and reserved 25% seats for those belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS).

Out of the remaining 75%, 20% were reserved as the school's management quota and 5% for children of school staff.

Mandatory points were to be given on the basis of four categories -siblings, alumni, single parents and transfer cases.
Schools were also given the freedom to include other categories such as neighbourhood and girl child.

The clauses that faced the most flak were points for alumni and the school's management quota.

“According to the RTE Act, schools cannot give or deny admission on the basis of education, income and profession of parents. But giving points from alumni enables schools, especially the high-profile ones to do just that,“ said Sumit Vohra, who owns the website admissionsnursery.com, a website that has 35000 parents as members.

“By giving high points for alumni schools are enabled to screen students. They can easily judge the income level and the education of parents, something that the RTE Act prohibits,“ he added.

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Permalink Reply by Narinder Arora on November 15, 2011 at 10:00am

Sure - I have discussed with Sumit Vohra Ji also - he told me to wait for the PIL decision on 23rd on the age criteria by the Hon. High Court - Meanwhile I am planning to file RTI's against many schools to get their balance sheet and profit and loss accounts. The Courts have also formed a 3 member committee to look into the financials of schools to see if the fee increase by them was justified. If you or anyone is ready to file some RTI's against some schools, please let me know

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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on November 15, 2011 at 10:05am

Dea All,

Last year also we along with narinderji filed RTi against few schools and he was able to get admission for his ward after being rejected earlier !!

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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on November 15, 2011 at 9:59am

Dear Manu

I concur with you..govt is trying to mislead and confuse the parents.. and is hand in glove with school lobby !!

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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on November 15, 2011 at 10:01am

Dear Rajiv/Manu/Narinder

The case is subjudice and we need to wait till 23 Nov as far age criteria goes but we all are free to raise our voice against all other issues !!

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Permalink Reply by 0ymr6denidfbc on November 15, 2011 at 10:21am

Sumit ji and Narinder ji,

I think we parents, need direction and leadership to uproot evil practices indulged deeply in admission procedure. And I strongly believe that we can look upon people like you. Now as you said that we should wait till 23Nov to see what govt will say, which is fine. But what if, decision is already made by them on the basis of cash received? If we act now, by at least sending them an online signed petition then it may give them an idea that people are not sleeping and are not stupid like they think we are.

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Permalink Reply by Narinder Arora on November 15, 2011 at 10:32am

ManuJi

You are right. Although the case is in the Courts but we should send some concerns to the Govt.

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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on November 15, 2011 at 10:40am

Dear Narinder

You have phone no of both Mr Ashok Agarawal and Mr Khagesh Jha,please consult them as both are supreme court lawyers will be able to guide you better...How to proceed !!

(My take is as Court is waiting for Govt reply ..we cannot intervene on PIL that already has been filed)

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Permalink Reply by 0ymr6denidfbc on November 15, 2011 at 11:33am

@Sumit .... text not displayed in your last reply.

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Permalink Reply by 22iolt4gsy62y on November 15, 2011 at 3:03pm

It is painful to make a statement that the fate of our children’ education lies with the political fraternity or the Education minister in the State Govt. who is not quite educated enough to decide the age criteria of children for stepping in to the nursery school admission. In my opinion, the final call regarding the age criteria of children should be decided by the highest judiciary which is not just legally but academically competent to scrutinize all qualifying and other necessary parameters tantamount to securing the future of our children.

Hence, it is important for the Govt. to ensure bright future for them by formulating proper systems and guidelines and issuing directives to all educational institutions, being the knowledge vehicles, for providing good quality education to the children not withstanding their parents’ financial status which is well within the ambit of the RTE Act. Moreover, the system of donations should be either optional or totally abolished which may have a cascading effect in nurturing a child’s future. This can only be possible when we as parents collectively oppose to this...