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On why "neighbourhood" should be the only criterion in school admissions
1. Distance from the school is the only criterion that affects a child physically. No other criterion affects the child physically. Criteria like siblings, transferable jobs, awardee parents, single parent and so on are just discriminatory.
2. If more children are sent to neighbourhood schools, all neighbourhood schools would have a chance to develop.
3. Eventually, people would become "proximity" conscious than "brand" conscious.
4. Siblings would stand a greater chance of getting into the same school as they will also qualify for the neighbourhood points like their siblings.
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Permalink Reply by priya chandok on
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@Akshat, maybe I didn't express myself quite right. I meant that the uneven distribution of good schools cannot be blamed on the schools themselves. Where is the govt. who is SUPPOSED to provide education to all? Why doesn't it support or encourage private schools to ensure that there are good schools everywhere rather than put all their responsibilities on the private schools alone and do nothing for education? Where is all our 3% education cess money going?
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Legality of the admission process and demand-supply gap are two different issues which should not be mixed. Regarding 'good' and 'bad' schools, such categories pop up only because we are not following the 'area only' criteria. Read the following comments to understand this
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@Sandeep - bravo
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Permalink Reply by Sandeep on
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Akshat, the current admission process is in line with what the Ganguly committee prescribed so terming it as illegal is not appropriate. You could say that the process is inappropriate but you can certainly not term it as illegal.
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Sandeep and Yogesh, its a possibility that both of you are beneficiaries of this draconian points system and may be that's why you wanna maintain the status quo.
In reality, neighbourhood is the only criteria that affects a child physically and this is the reason why it should be maintained. All other absurd criteria should be done away with.
Current admission process may be in line with Ganguly committee's recommendations but that doesn't take away from the fact that it dilutes the RTE.
If there is a single seat available in a particular school and you and I are competing for it for our wards, then we should have an equal opportunity, an equal chance to get that seat. Discriminating criteria provides an unfair advantage to some. The only exception is distance as it affects the child physically.
The reason why schools in developed nations do not have a draw of lots is not that hard to understand. They have more seats than applications. Distance is a very strong criterion in developed countries. In fact, Indians when in US prefer to live in the neighbourhood of the school of their choice because it automatically entitles them admission to the school. But there is no need to compare us with them. State-run schools in developed countries can put the top-end private schools in our country to shame.
Yes, government schools should be developed. If possible, double shifts in all schools should be made mandatory as it will double the number of seats in the schools and will provide employment opportunities to twice the number of teachers and staff. But those are long term policy decisions.
What we are facing is a grass root discrimination based on an unfair points system. All we are asking for is that each parent in Delhi should have an equal opportunity to get into the school of their choice. And their chances of getting into a school nearer to where they live should be more.
In reality, siblings would have a greater chance of getting into the same school as they will also gain the same neighbourhood points.
I agree this system is not perfect. Much of our trouble emanates from population explosion. But we should make the best of what we have.
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Though my kid has got shortlisted in many schools...still I agree with u....This point system is totally against right to Education
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I agree with this neighbourhood points.. very well said shiv
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Permalink Reply by Kusum Sachdeva on
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I totally agree on this, Child Comfort should be our prime concern.
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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Dear All, I would just like to add one point that RTE (LAW OF THE LAND) TALKS OF ONLY NEIGHBOURHOOD + RANDOM AND JUST for admissions
i also agree that all the localities don't have schools/ good schools in the neighbourhood . but instead of having arguments why not arrive at consensus which suits all ?
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Hi Sakshi,
I wish it was that easy to do. While most of us would agree that the current points system is unfair and undemocratic, keeping distance as the sole criterion for admission is likely to open a can of worms for many parents.
Yet distance should have some bearing in the admission process as it affects the child physically. But its certain that criteria such as siblings, transferable jobs (which is so prone to forgery), single parent, awardee parents should be done away with.
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Yes other than distance other points should be done away with as in a way neighborhood criteria is benefiting the child by not making them unnecessary travel for an hour to reach schools...These little buds should not be exposed to long travelling hours and traffic jams just because we want fancy schools for them..
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I completely subscribe to what Stuti is saying, either there has to be some criteria or no criteria at all. Why should there be neighborhood points. If I live in West Delhi (I don;t) and I want to send my child to Sardar Patel or Vasant Valley then why should I be penalised for living away from the school. Maybe I feel that these particular schools have a teaching system that I subscribe to and for that I am willing to let my child travel 15 km each way. Then why am I being discriminated against on the basis on distance. Let us just have a open lottery for each school and parents can decide where they want to apply or not..
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