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New Delhi: Parents living in rented accommodations are expecting a tough time ahead during the nursery admissions. The government guideline neglecting to include rent agreements in the list of acceptable proofs of residence has left many insecure.
Of the 1,735 schools on the directorate of education's list, only 360 submitted their nursery admission criteria till Monday evening; another 1,375 are yet to submit. Several schools that have issued admission notices haven't included rent agreements.
"We will tell the defaulter schools to comply with the directive within the next three days," DoE director Padmini Singhla told a news agency.
"The rent agreement is the only document I have," says Pravin Halai who moved to Sarita Vihar from Baroda, Gujarat, six months ago. "I am considering schools in Alaknanda and other areas. But if they don't accept rent agreements, there'll be a problem," says Halai, who is seeking admission for his daughter.
Software engineer Himanshu Singhal is in the same situaton. He moved to his Paschim Vihar home nine months ago but his documents still feature his father's address. "I have a court-registered rent agreement. If the schools don't recognise that, there'll be a big problem," he says.
Residence proof isn't another document to prove identity but is crucial in the points distribution system. At most schools, maximum points are allotted to distance (or neighbourhood) and residence proof has to be furnished for this. "This must be an oversight on the part of the directorate of education. But there are still 10 days. It's not too late to amend it."
Admissionsnursery.com's Sumit Vohra has already written to the government for clarification. "Several schools that were accepting rent deeds till last year aren't now. Delhi has a floating population and many parents come from different states and don't have any of the documents included. A normal practice was to accept six-month-old court-registered rent agreements," says Vohra.
Dainik Bhaskar
The Hindu
Schools yet to notify nursery admission criteria
So far, only 359 schools have complied with the Directorate of Education directive
So far, only 359 of 1,735 schools have complied with the directive of the Directorate of Education .— File Photo
Over 1,300 private schools in the Capital have not notified the criteria fixed for nursery admissions so far, even as the deadline for the same — for admissions beginning on January 1 — has passed.
The Directorate of Education (DoE) had asked all the unaided recognised schools to “develop and adopt criteria for admission which shall be clear, well defined, equitable, non-discriminatory, unambiguous and transparent”.
The schools were asked to upload their criteria adopted, including points for each criterion, for admission to-entry level classes other than Economically Weaker Sections (EWS)/Disadvantaged Group (DG) category seats, for the academic session 2016-17 on the Directorate’s website latest by December 20.
However, so far only 359 schools have complied with the directive. According to data available with the DoE, 1,376 of 1,735 schools are yet to notify their criteria.
The DoE is now planning to send a notice to the defaulter schools and asking them comply with the guidelines within the next three days.
“Many schools have missed the guidelines set by the Directorate. This just shows how seriously they take the authority. The admissions are going to begin in next two weeks and the schools are yet to notify their criteria. This will only lead to ambiguity and confusion for parents at the last moment,” said Sumit Vohra, an activist who also runs a portal on nursery admissions.
The nursery admission process in Delhi, which normally starts in December, has undergone several changes in the past as the authorities looked for ways to make things easier. Besides State-run schools, the rules are meant to regulate admissions to entry-level classes in private recognised institutions as well.
The nursery admission process in Delhi schools will begin from January 1 and conclude on March 31.
According to data available with the DoE, 1,376 of 1735 schools are yet to notify their criteria
The Pioneer
Over 1,300 pvt schools in dock over nursery admission deadline
Tuesday, 22 December 2015 | Staff Reporter
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Over 1,300 private schools in the national Capital have missed the deadline in notifying the criteria fixed for nursery admissions beginning on January 1 for the upcoming academic session.
The Directorate of Education (DoE) had asked all the unaided recognised schools to “develop and adopt criteria for admission which shall be clear, well defined, equitable, non-discriminatory, unambiguous and transparent”.
The schools were asked to upload their criteria adopted (including points for each criterion) for admission to entry level classes (other than EWS/DG category seats) for the academic session 2016-17 on the directorate’s website latest by December 20.
However, so far only 359 schools have complied with the directive.
According to data available with DoE, 1376 out of total 1735 schools are yet to notify their criteria.
“We will send a communication to the defaulter schools to comply with the directive within next three days,” DoE Director Padmini Singhla said.
“This shows the non-seriousness of the schools towards the directives of the authority. The admissions are going to begin in next two weeks and the schools are yet to notify their criteria. This will only lead to ambiguity and confusion for parents at the last moment,” said Sumit Vohra, an activist who also runs a portal on nursery admissions.
The controversy-prone nursery admission process in Delhi, which normally starts in December, has undergone several changes in the past as the authorities looked for ways to make things easier.
Besides State-run schools, the rules are meant to regulate admissions to entry-level classes in private recognised institutions as well.
The nursery admission process in Delhi schools will begin from January 1 and conclude on March 31.
Hindustan Times 22 Dec 2015
“It shows either schools don’t take the DOE seriously or they don’t want to be transparent and disclose their criteria. This will only lead to ambiguity and confusion for parents at the last moment,” said Sumit Vohra,
OF THE 1,735 PRIVATE SCHOOLS, ONLY ABOUT 360 SCHOOLS HAVE NOTIFIED THE GUIDELINES AND ADMISSION CRITERIA
NEW DELHI: Over 1300 private schools have missed the deadline to notify the criteria for the nursery admissions that begin on January 1 for the coming academic session.
VIPIN KUMAR/HT
Admission forms will be available from January 1 and the last date of submission is January 22.
Of the 1,735 private schools, only about 360 schools have notified the guidelines and admission criteria.
The Directorate of Education (DoE) had asked all the unaided recognised private schools to upload their criteria adopted (including points for each criterion) for admission to entry level classes (other than EWS/ DG category seats) for the academic session 2016-17 on its website latest by December 20.
But 1375 schools had not yet uploaded their criteria as of Monday, a day after the deadline was over, according to data available with the DOE
Padmini Singla, director, said that the schools would be asked to comply with the directives within three days. “We will send a communication to the defaulter schools to comply with the directive within next three days,” Singhla said.
The directorate had asked schools to develop and adopt admission criteria that are clear, well defined, equitable, non-discriminatory, unambiguous and transparent.
“It shows either schools don’t take the DOE seriously or they don’t want to be transparent and disclose their criteria. This will only lead to ambiguity and confusion for parents at the last moment,” said Sumit Vohra, who runs an online portal on nursery admissions.
Admission for ms will be available from January 1 and the last date of submission of application form in schools will be January 22. The first list of selected candidates, including the waitlisted candidates, along with marks allotted under point system will be announced by schools on February 15.
The second list, if any, of selected candidates will come out on February 29 and the admission process will close on March 31.
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Nursery admission
Just 360 of 1,700 pvt schools submit criteria
NEW DELHI, DHNS: Only 360 out of 1,700-odd private schools in the city had submitted their criteria for nursery admissions till December 20, the last date for doing so.
According to the data available on Delhi government's Directorate of Education (DoE) website, 1,375 schools have missed the deadline set by the department for nursery admissions which are starting on January 1.
In a circular issued to all the 1,735 private schools earlier this month, the Delhi government had asked them to declare their admission criteria, along with the points allotted to each criterion.
They were also asked to display these on their websites and on the display boards by Sunday.
But over 1,300 schools have not sent their criteria. Out of the 350 which have submitted them, only 25-30 schools have uploaded them on their websites, DoE sources said.
The DoE will send a notice to schools which have not submitted the admission criteria and even those which have not uploaded them on their websites.
"This shows that either the schools do not take the DoE seriously or they don't want to be transparent and disclose their criteria, and will start on January 1 after which no action can be taken," said Sumit Vohra, founder of nurseryadmission.com, an online portal representing parent community in Delhi.
"This has been happening in the past too and we want to know what action the gvernment will be taking," the activist said.
He said if no action is taken, it will lead to more confusion for parents. Even as the DoE said it will issue circulars to the schools missing the deadline, there is no clarity on the action that it will take against them.
Many private schools which have uploaded their schedule and criteria for nursery admissions have clearly not conformed to the guidelines.
For example, Hope Hall Foundation School on its website has asked parents to submit a registration fee of Rs 150 per application, when the DoE has said that only Rs 25 can be charged.
The schools cannot force the parents to buy prospectus or charge any processing fee.
Similarly, Queen's Mary School at Tiz Hizari has reserved five points for father's and mother's graduation, which goes against the DoE guidelines of framing a criteria which is "equitable and non-discriminatory".
"This means that the children of uneducated parents don't have the right to education," Vohra said.
"It seems we have gone seven to eight years back at the time before the Ganguly committee was implemented, as some schools are calling the child and parents for interview and also written test," he said. The DoE guidelines don't allow this.
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