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No lottery in nursery admissions: Dikshit FINALLY CM LISTENS TO PARENT COMMUNITY OF ADMISSIONSNURSERY.COM - TIMES OF INDIA | DEC 10
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No lottery in nursery admissions: Dikshit
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New Delhi: The Delhi government has ruled out having a lottery system for nursery admissions this year. Chief minister Sheila Dikshit said on Thursday that admitting students through draw of lots — much talked about in the post Right to Education Act scenario — was unsustainable both for schools and parents.
While Dikshit invited suggestions by Friday from schools on admission norms, in all likelihood the points system will continue with modifications.
‘‘The child’s interest is of paramount concern to us but at the same time if the lottery gives rise to a situation where two children of the same parents study in two schools at two corners of the city, that is hardly acceptable,’’ the CM told TOI after a meeting with all stakeholders at her residence.
‘‘We have told schools that the one non-negotiable point is the 25% quota for economically weaker sections (EWS). As for nursery admission norms, the schools can give us their suggestions by tomorrow afternoon and we will work on them,’’ she said. Dikshit hinted that the way forward seemed to be the points system but what categories ought to be included, ‘‘sibling, alumnus etc, we are hoping the schools will tell us’’.
Describing the meeting as a ‘‘broad discussion’’ on the issue, Dikshit said the schools had also asked her how, in whatever system is decided upon, they could incorporate seats for their own staff and management.
‘DRAW OF LOTS UNFAIR’
Draw of lots for nursery admissions unsustainable for schools and parents, says CM Sheila Dikshit
Asks schools to suggest admission norms by Friday afternoon to help govt decide its policy
Most schools in favour of retaining points system. Govt keen to see all schools implement 25% EWS quota Most schools back 100-pt system
New Delhi: CM Sheila Dikshit said the schools had asked her how in whatever system is decided upon, they could incorporate seats for their own staff and management. ‘‘There were two organizations representing various schools. We told them that it is not our concern. We need the new education policy of the government of India to be implemented to a T. Beyond that we are willing to try and evolve a system which is satisfactory to most stakeholders,’’ she said.
Most schools are in favour of continuing the 100-point system, which also has the support of many parents who have been lobbying for it on online forums. Though the representatives from Federation of Schools — a body of nearly 300 schools — insisted after the meeting that point system will come back, the National Progressive Schools’ Conference (NPSC) principals said nothing was confirmed yet.
Suraj Prakash, a retired principal and member of NPSC who was present at the meeting, said, ‘‘The schools proposed that the point system should be retained. The CM gave us a patient hearing and assured us that she will talk to all stakeholders before finalizing the admission procedure this year.’’
As RTE Act prohibits any kind of screening for admission till class VIII, the point system hasn’t got a green signal from the government yet. However, schools say the system has fallen in place well in the last three years and should be continued at least for admissions in the general category. ‘‘It’s the most objective system for admission while draw of lots is based on luck. It is unacceptable,’’ a principal said.
The 100-point system was introduced in 2007 on the recommendation of the Ganguly committee. Under it, a nursery admission candidate was awarded points on different parameters like distance from school, sibling, alumni, linguistic and religious minorities, and even parents’ qualification and occupation.
Schools were allowed to fix their own parameters as per their philosophy though they had to inform the directorate of education about these. Candidates were given admission if the points scored were above a certain cutoff. Parents were also called for an informal interaction with schools which is likely to be done away with following the implementation of the RTE Act.
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Permalink Reply by Pratibha on
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the criteria shd be
1/ age 4+
2/ distance
3/ sibling and first born, same
4/ alumni and out of Delhi parents same or nill
5/ informal interaction with the parent to see if their and the schools philosophy match, but this obviously shd be done once the selection has been made as per the first 4 points have passed.
6/ not more than 20% reservation between the management as well as the ews quota, 80% seats for the gen cat.
7/ addition of more seats in every school
8/ no mention or details of parent's educational or professional qualification.
9/ and lastly all schools except for the parent interaction where they wld all have their own priorities, shd follow the same homogeneous guidelines otherwise we parents go mad complying by these different forms asking for different things
the first step shd be the point system, fully fair and honest, then the selected candidates shd be called for interview (that way you are not considering the socio economic background of parents as a criteria) and finally the admission!
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Permalink Reply by 313jekvgwiq5k on
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excellant ! pratibha.
this is what is required.
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with regards to points criteria, I am NOT in favour of points for central govt, state govt and MNC employees. why should the system be against self employed people? We are creating employment.
I am also not in favour of points for alumni. Indian constitution gives us rights to live anywhere in india but schools are discriminating against people from other cities.
I believe points should only be for distance
My husband and I are not from Delhi and want admission for our first child.
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Hi Sumit,
Really nice to have people lke you fighting for a just cause. My inputs are as follows:
1. Minimum Age criteria should be 3.5 years. Why should there be a law holding back children who are ready to go to school? Furthermore, changing age criteria after every few years creates confusion and problems. For example, if the minimum age is specified as 4 years now, there would be very few eligible children in this year, whereas there would be a maddening rush next year, and a lot of children might just not get schooling next year, as competition would heat up.
2. Point System should continue. Draw of lots in the name of "Right To Education" is uncomprehensible. Right to Education means that Govt should ensure enough schools and facilities are available for all children rather than over-simplifying it to create adhocism and irrational modes of selection.
3. Siblings and First Born Children should get equal points.
4. There should be additional points for a Girl Child.
5. Neighbourhood should have the maximum points.
6. Alumni doesn't make sense, and should not be given any points.
7. There should be some points for Domicile, like for parents born in Delhi.
8. Parents education matters a lot, and can be given some points.
Hope my suggestions make some difference to the indifferent authorities.
Anshuman
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This was excellent! I 100% agree with Mr. Anshuman! Thanks Anshuman for compiling it for all of us.
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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on
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Thanks Anshuman i agree with you on most of the points !!
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hello sumit sir, even i am also agree with Mr. Anshuman except points for girl child.
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It is so obvious here, who has a girl child and who has a boy!!
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this means boy has a less right to educate in public school in comparasion to girls? we r talking about public schools not govt. schools. govt. pay more attention towards girls education bcoz the people living below poverty line or poor people who cannot afford the education of child. therefore they do not show interest towards their childs education especially girls education. but the parents who can afford fees of public school will not discriminate their child whether it is a boy or girl. so every child has a equal right of education whether it is a boy or girl.
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I agree with hena ,First child should be given the equal weightage as siblings.
Also since big number of the people living in delhi are from outside, so alumni weigtage should be reduced.
Rgds
Nidhi
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Per my understanding Following points should be consider
1. Siblings and first borns should be given comparable points (this is beneficial for families who wants only one kid)
2. There should be no points or very less for alumuni -by this schools restrict themselves from the parents who wants kid admitted in their school.Its not fair for parents who didn't got a chance to study in a particular school and now they cannot admit their kid in same school just because they are not alumuni there,although that school is their first/only preference- How we can punish a kid for their parents bad luck????
3.EWC category should be made as per RTE act- we all respect that!
4.Distance factor should be there as this is very important for all of us get our kid admitted in schools lies in neighbourhood- we can not punish our kids daily by sending in far off school
Please advice for other points>>
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Hello all i read everyone comments and it appears that everyone wants the points criteria which suits him/her the best, nobody thinks of the society as a whole. One thing is clear whatever the point criteria u decide it will never be able to satisfy all however my suggestion is
1: Divide the whole seats of a school into two parts 50% for girl child and 50% for boy child.
2: among each category now fix the point system
3: give maximum of 2.5% for alumini and 2.5% for management.
4: Give 10% for sibling because in delhi a nuclear family will not be able to afford sending kids to two different schools and it is economical also.
so from 100 seats divide 50 each to girl and boys; then from boys seat give 2 seats for mangement and 3 for alumni and 5seats for sibling then from remaining 40 seats give 3 seats for EWS and 2 seats for wards of single parents give 2 seats for differently abled child divide the same for girls and for remaing 33 in each (boys and girls) give them to general category for all category the priority should be on point basis as follows
1. Neighbourhood : (1-3 km 40 points , 3-5 km 25 points 5-8 kms 10 points)
2. First born / having only one more sibling = 15 points. (weightage for small family, twins to be counted as 1)
3. Age of child 4+ 20points , 3 and half plus 15 points, 3 plus 10 points this will sort out the age issue as elder will get more chance to get selected and even if a 3+ child left out he/she has fair good chance next year.
4. Parents qualification 10 points(either one having higher qualification to be counted not both)- parents who are both uneducated then most probably they will come in EWS category.
5. Not having a dedicated school in delhi =15 points, ( e.g many schools are dedicated to armed forces, Civil services, minority religion
This is my humble suggestion.
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