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Nursery admission blues hit parents in Delhi |ZEE NEWS dated 22 NOV 2011
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New Delhi: With just a month left for the beginning of nursery admissions in Delhi and the mad rush for it started gathering momentum, there is apprehension among the parents that the new season would be chaotic as the government is unlikely to make any major changes in its fresh guidelines.
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The last season was full of chaos and controversies as many schools had started their admission process ahead of schedule with a delayed notification from the Directorate of Education (DoE) adding more confusion to both parents and authorities.
With the Delhi Education Minister Arvinder Singh recently hinting that there will be no changes in the guidelines, expected to be notified by this month-end, parents and experts believe the problems they faced last year will revisit this time too.
Last year, the guidelines had given schools the room to formulate their own set of criteria for admission. This included points for having one's sibling in the same school, being the child of an alumnus, first girl child and kids living in school neighbourhood among others.
"A similar guidelines means similar problems for parents, especially those who doesn't fall in the categories such as sibling, alumni, girl child, management or EWS quota," says Sumit Vohra, founder of www.admissionsnursery.com.
"If DoE comes with unchanged guidelines this year, it will leave parents in lurch like the previous year," he told PTI.
Arati Jain, who had failed to seek admission for her son last year, says, "I am apprehensive that I may not succeed in getting my son's admission this time too if the procedures are going to be remain the same."
"My child doesn't fall in the categories such as sibling, alumni or first girl child. If schools are going to give maximum points on these heads, my son's chances seem very bleak. I wish there should be some changes this time," says Jain, a resident of Connaught Place.
Mansi Malhotra, who also failed to get admission for her ward last year, says unless the point system is redesigned in a more practical way, the problems will remain there and haunt parents every year.
Vohra says, "This haphazard and un-systematic point system would give rise to more frustration and corruption." However, principal of Ahlcon International School in Mayur Vihar, Ashok Pandey, differs and says these said categories are the core ones of the whole admission process.
"I don't think the government will ever try to tinker with these categories," he says.
On the issue of increasing a child's age of admission to four years, he says, "It sounds practical".
Ameeta M Wattal, Principal of Springdales School, Pusa Road, also thinks the minimum age for admission should be increased. "Age is certainly a factor which needs to be looked at," she says.
Three-year-olds, many of whom are not even toilet-trained, are currently eligible for admission into nursery. An NGO, Social Jurist, had recently filed a PIL in the Delhi High Court, appealing to increase the minimum age for admission in nursery to four years. The court has sought a reply from the government on this by November 23.
"We are very optimistic about the outcome of the hearing. If it goes in our favour, it will prevent thousands of small kids from joining the annual race of nursery admission," says Ashok Agarwal, who filed the PIL on behalf of the NGO.
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Permalink Reply by 27cbztopfnv3q on
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what ever the decision on criteria is.....the notification should come quickly now.....to reduce the last minute choas.
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I am thinking of Nursery Admission for my 3yrs old son this time and i already apprehensive about the fact of point systems. Hopefully every thing happens well and goes well.
All the best ' Parents' .
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I personally believe the age criteria for nursery goes kids should be 4+ as on 30th September 2012 as it was few years back. This will release the pressure from the kids who can avoid school phobia and attend school in aproper fashion.
LK
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Spot on Lathaa .. the only addition from me being the definition of "neighbourhood". One of the prominent schools last year considered 15Kms as within its neighbourhood (defeating the very purpose). The other problem with neighbourhood is how one goes about defining the distance? Is it the shortest traversable road distance - or is the distance to be considered as the crow flies?
Also, there were different points criteria within two adjacent branches of the same school (both within 3 Kms of each other)! Uniform criteria HAS to be followed across branches of same school to avoid hassles and confusion for parents
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My Wife did her education from Outside Delhi and I come from a school which is 25 kms away from my residence since we did not have such rules then .... And also this system gives points to single parents , which is ( thankfully ) not the case with me .... Therefore I loose on all these points . Is it not foolish ??????
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well,i think the solution for all these problems is lottery system.if there will be any kind of criteria.....one or the other child will suffer.
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Yes Ruchika, a transparent recorded lottery draw in front of all stakeholders would bring in a modicum of equality to the otherwise lop-sided selctions
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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on
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Alumini points should be removed since it is against RTE and it is one of the screening procedure done. The RTE Act is anchored in the belief that availability of equal educational opportunities to children belonging to different social and economic background.
To stop female infanticide Govt. along with Women and Child development Ministry can take some other initiatives. Even though boys and girls enjoy equal opportunity in advanced education, girls must be given equal opportunity to study and govt can give some financial assistance to a girl child.
Since RTE is adaptable locally states can give preference for girl child and encourage them only in rural areas. In Metros we enjoy equal opportunity in all means.
So no need of first born child points. Sibling points should be reduced and some change in point system has to be regulated regarding neighbourhood points.
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Agree completely on all grounds :)! No Alumni or girl child points. Only, instead of reducing sibling points - carve out and cap number of people who apply under sibling category. Also, make sure that a parent can apply only under one category. So (for example), if you have applied under say EWS, you cannot apply under any other category.
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Anandji, you have brought out a very important issue. Last year lot of confusion was there in schools regarding this. DOE should come out clearly in this regard. Whether a candidate applying for EWS can also apply in general quota since EWS is based on luck or a candidate can apply only under only one category either general quota or under EWS?
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