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Nursery admissions: more lists, more struggles! “I have two daughters. But still I feel boys and girls should get equal points and it should be a level-playing field for all”says Vohra. The Hindu-6Feb
Nursery admissions: more lists, more struggles!
Struggling for your child’s nursery admission?
And if your child does not fall in categories like sibling, alumni, girl child, management or EWS quota, the chances of getting admission this year become even bleaker.
With many schools having now released their lists for pre-school admission, it appears that there is very little room for the kids belonging to the general category.
Many parents, whose wards have failed to get through in the schools they have applied for, allege that the points system developed by the schools have come in their way.
The results announced by schools so far, the parents say, give the impression that admission is a prerogative of those who have a sibling in the school or those who fulfil the criteria of alumni.
“I had applied in 22 schools in south Delhi, but couldn’t manage to get even in one,” Rahul Dhar, a disgruntled parent, writes on admissionsnursery.com, an online parents forum.
“Does this mean my child lost one year? Where should I go” he asks.
Dr. Supradip, a scientist who had applied in 10 schools for his son’s admission this year, writes: “Nothing left to share except a big sorry figure... Not a single school offered my son for nursery admission.
“My son did not get selected because he is my first child and I am not alumni of any school of Delhi. It’s shame from our side that we could not provide good school for our future citizens.”
Founder of the forum Sumit Vohra told PTI, “It’s not about one or two. Hundreds of parents feel dejected for failing to get their wards admission.
“And the reason behind this problem is the flawed and arbitrary points-system devised by schools themselves this time.”
The Directorate of Education (DoE) has allowed schools this year to frame their own selection criteria based on “just and rationale” means. As per DoE rules, the schools have to keep aside 25 per cent of the seats for students belonging to economically weaker section (EWS).
But for the rest 75 per cent of seats, schools adopted a points system which parents and experts say is arbitrary in nature. And most of the schools have reserved 50 per cent of the seats meant for general category for sibling or alumni.
And the results announced by schools showed that there is hardly anyone has been selected without having points under these two categories.
For example, all the 77 candidates selected by a reputed school in Vasant Vihar have secured points either under the sibling or alumni category. Similarly, 54 of the total 56 shortlisted candidates at a school in East of Kailash are qualified under these two categories.
This apart, many schools have given up to 10 points for first girl child, which resulted in a clean sweep by girls in the general category in several top institutions.
In a reputed school in Dwaraka, for instance, all the 24 seats under general category went to girls, while only 24 boys managed to get through among a total of 245 seats in another school in that locality.
Parents level this as “gender discrimination” and it’s because of illogical points distribution by schools.
“I have two daughters. But still I feel boys and girls should get equal points and it should be a level-playing field for all,” says Vohra.
Ashok Agarwal, founder of NGO Social Jurist, blamed the government for this crisis. “When you allow them (schools) to do whatever they like, the consequences will always be like this,” he says.
However, Ashok Ganguly, former CBSE chairman who developed the 100-points system three years ago, describes this whole crisis as a “demand and supply disequilibrium“.
“How could you manage this huge demand. There has to be some sort of crisis. But the best way is that to adopt an uniform selection criteria which will make parents know where they stand,” he says.
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Permalink Reply by yogesh goel on
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As per, RTE all children must get equal opportunity for getting good education in all schools. How can you justify sibling, alumny, child of parents having transferrable job are following RTE?
Sibling- if a child's elder brother/ sister who him/her self has been selected 3 years earlier as per previous system has the right to reserve a seat in same school for the younger one. In this way you are indirectly giving admission to a child as per previous years criteria and that too on a priority basis......How can this be justified...?
Alumny:- If a person is not educated at all and had not gone to any school. Would it mean, his child would not be admitted anywhere.....?
Parents with transferrable job:- if a child's parents are not doing job and have their own business, would it mean that he/ she will not be preferred any where in nursery admission. In that way child is forced to follow the same tradition of doing a business due to lack of quality education which would have enabled him/her to get a great job......This tradition will go on and on for generations.......
GIRL CHILD:- If you will start preferring a girl child over boy, you are again setting a disequilibrium... Instead, schools should reserve equal number seats for boys and girls.
Solution to this situation:- I think neighbourhood criteria is most justified. This saves both parents' and child's time if their ward is admitted in a neibouring school. This also helps in improving city's traffic situation.
So I think, Govt. should ensure that there are sufficient number of seats in schools nearby such that no child have to go beyond 10 kms. Govt.should ensure that all schools must get through a minimum required standards in terms of infrastructure, teachers, sports facilities, activities etc..... It should also keep an eye over their performance....
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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@Yogesh Very precious words
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Ashok Ganguly says demand supply disequilibrium. Request him to explain this management phenomenon to the parents whole child have not got into any of the schools. Also, 25% seats reserved for EWS in my opinion is providing the schools more opportunity to sell and I repeat "sell" the available seats as in most of the schools these 25% seats would not be filled. It was amazing to note that in Tagore International, EOK more than 1600 children had 50 points and were vying for 62 seats. Question is how does one provides quality education to the children. The government schools in the Capital city are in pathetic condition and the private schools are making hay till the sun shines. Is this the way to nourish the future of the country?
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Sir, I have a girl child yet I could not get her adnmitted in any school including those in my very neighbourhood. Some schools gave points for first child also, which my daughter does not qualify for as she is not the first child, and she does not even qualify for sibling point in any school because her brother is in an all boys school where she cannot be admitted. No allumni , sibling or first child points, has resulted in her not getting in any of the neighbourhood schools as well.
The points for Allumni or sibling should not be so high. The arbitrary point system needs to be completely scrapped and fresh lists should be taken out.
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Even after coming in sibling catagory, my daughter is not able to find the place in selected candidate list of school whichis closer to my home. But her name is there in the list of school which is far away from my home & she doesn't come under sibling catagory in that school. What a pity?
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Onion Prices were arrested not because of government initiatives but for the society where everyone contributed not using onions for the daily usage.
In some of the North americal cities the school is fixed for one locality. Even parents cannot go beyond the prescribed school. They have to go the the nearest available school only.
All admission process should be centralized with an uniform admission criteria for all schools so that everyone will have a fair chance. Everyone of us are weak since we are looking at our child's future due to which everyone is taking advantage of the situation including School & Government. Even if most of the parents are not willing to send their child to certain schools still they have applied.
Govt schools are in bad condition not because of infrastructure but because no middle and upper class person is ready to send their kids. It is not because of education is bad.
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Saroj ji
very thankful to you for understanding parents views . every parent wants that his child should get good educaion and competitive environment that should help his child's future growth . normally , we come to know that children of politicians/beaurocrats studying in good schools/institutions and some even send their send their child abroad for higher studies . simialarly , as a parent in General category , it is wish of almost every parent to send their child in good school irrespective of schools in his area
for the 2nd point on disagreeing , i must say that i cannot guarantee if i have done my service for 40 yrs , i would be expert . scope of flaw is always there and thats what we are seeing in current scenerio . views may differ person to person
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latha ji
I live in Sector 10, and my boy got selected in Interprastha international Sector 10 in KG
I feel the school is good and walking distance from my home, so i will never require a school bus
What do you feel about Inderprastha school.
Regards
Vikas
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We all agree that the situation needs to change. But it is not the point system alone, yes the point system is on top priority of the list but we must also look at the demand-supply situation. As one parent had rightly said- we need schools working in 2 shifts, we need more teachers and we need a Centralized, carefully-drafted admission policy.
This would help not only solve the admission problem, but also open employment opportunities.
And I am certain, if the government takes this task seriously, this is not a difficult job to do.
The more difficult part is making the government realize that it is high time for them to take it seriously.
we can only make them realize it by staying together and voicing our concerns through every possible medium.
So, all the best to all of us!!!!
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yes Saroj ji/All , i will definitely be there
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