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Nursery: Schools go tech-savvy |“While it is a very good system to verify the areas, there are some very small localities which may get left out from Google Maps"| Sumit Vohra ~ Hindustan Times

Nursery: Schools go tech-savvy to select EWS kids
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, February 18, 2012
Nursery admissions for children belonging to the Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category has now become more tech-savvy. Schools have started using Google Maps to track neighbourhood localities, which fall under the EWS bracket. After the Delhi high court laid down strict guidelines
for schools regarding EWS admissions — which stated that families living within one kilometre radius of the school would get first preference — schools are now trying to leave minimum room for error in listing areas that fall under the category.

“As per the high court order, the EWS category was supposed to give primary consideration to the families within one kilometre of the school. However, the forms that had been issued by the government did not have any provision for declaration of distance. So, we have to scrutinise the residential addresses to know whether or not they lie within one kilometre of the school,” said Ashok Pandey, principal, Ahlcon International School.

This attempt is largely aimed at increasing transparency in the admission process, so that no parent living within one kilometre of the school misses out on an opportunity to seek admission for their child.

“To make the system foolproof, we are using Google Maps to verify whether these areas are accurate or not,” added Pandey.

However, discrepancies in the system could not be entirely ruled out.

“While it is a very good system to verify the areas, there are some very small localities which may get left out from Google Maps. In case of larger localities which could have blocks or sectors within them, this system could prove useful to ensure that there is little room for error,” said Sumit Vohra, founder, www.admissionsnursery.com

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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on February 19, 2012 at 12:41am

Yes this distance calculation using the Google map can be applied only for EWS category. As Mr.Vohra has mentioned many available maps and internet based measuring tools will give you an indication of the distance from your address to a school, but they often use different reference points. To make sure that we measure the distance from each applicant’s home to the school they want in a fair and equitable way.

To be more accurate we can follow the distance calculation done by Kent County Council. It uses Ordnance Survey address point data. Ordnance Survey address point references are seven digits long and accurate to within a metre. The central point of your property as defined by Ordnance Survey is taken as one end of a straight line, with a defined address point reference on the school site as the other end. The same address point on the school site is used for everybody. When we apply the distance criterion for an oversubscribed Community school, these straight line measurements are used to determine how close each applicant’s address is to the school.

A block of flats has a single address point reference, so applicants living in the same block will be regarded as living the same distance away from a Community school. In the unlikely event that two or more children live in the same block and in all other ways have equal eligibility for the last available place at the school, the names will be issued a number and drawn randomly to decide which child should be given the place.