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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 Akshat on February 5, 2013 at 11:53am

Hope you agree that even if the 'lottery only' option is accepted, it would be better than the existing system.

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Permalink Reply by Akshat on February 5, 2013 at 11:56am

Thanks for posting it. The petition is well-reasoned. I would be surprised if the court rules against it.

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Permalink Reply by Akshat on February 5, 2013 at 2:07pm

Agree, lottery should be transparent, including the box :-)

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Permalink Reply by Akshat on July 9, 2013 at 12:53am

Right to Education: Delhi HC verdict on nursery admission challenged in SC

New Delhi: The Delhi High Court verdict on nursery admission has been challenged in Supreme Court. The court had ruled that the Right to Education (RTE) Act is not applicable to nursery admission in unaided private schools. An NGO, Social Jurist, has approached the apex court, saying that the high court erred in law in holding that the Act applied only in the matter of admission of children between the ages of 6 years to 14 years and is not applicable to nursery admission.

"The Delhi High Court has clearly erred in law in holding that the provisions of Section 13 of the Right ofChildren to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 apply only in the matter of admission of the children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and are not applicable to the admission of children below 6 years in unaided private schools," the NGO submitted in its petition.

"Section 13 of the Act was formulated in the context of rampant screening practices being adopted by the private unaided schools in nursery admissions which had resulted in a comprehensive round of litigation in the high court. It was to correct this mischief that the said provision was incorporated," the petition said while challenging the high court verdict.

The high court had passed the verdict on February 19, holding that the Right to Education (RTE) Act and subsequent government notifications were not applicable to nursery admission in unaided private schools.

It had, however, asked the Centre to consider amending the Act to include nursery education as well, saying that the schools could not be allowed to run as "teaching shops" as it would be "detrimental to equal opportunity to children".

"Though we have held that the Right to Education Act is not applicable to nursery schools, in our opinion there cannot be any different yardstick to be adopted for education to children up to the age of 14 years irrespective of the fact that it applies to only elementary education," it had said.

"It is the right time for the government to consider the applicability of the Right to Education Act to the nursery classes as well, as in many of the states admissions are made right from the nursery classes and the children so admitted are automatically allowed to continue from class-I.”

"In that sense, the provisions of Section 13 would be rendered meaningless insofar as it prohibits screening procedure at the time of selection," it had said.

(With inputs from PTI)

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Permalink Reply by Akshat on July 13, 2013 at 11:59pm

Supreme Court to hear plea against verdict on nursery admissions

PTI Posted online: Fri Jul 12 2013, 12:38 hrs

New Delhi : The Supreme Court today agreed to hear a plea challenging the Delhi High Court's order that the Right to Education (RTE) Act is not applicable to nursery admissions in unaided private schools.

A bench of justices H L Dattu and Dipak Misra issued notice to Delhi government seeking its response on an appeal filed by an NGO, Social Jurist challenging the high court's order.

Advocate Ashok Aggarwal, appearing for the NGO, submitted that the high court erred in law in holding that the RTE Act applied only in the matter of admission of children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and is not applicable to nursery admissions.

"The Delhi High Court has clearly erred in law in holding that the provisions of Section 13 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 apply only in the matter of admission of the children between the age of 6 years to 14 years and are not applicable to the admission of children below 6 years in unaided private schools," the NGO has submitted in its petition.

"Section 13 of the Act was formulated in the context of rampant screening practices being adopted by the private unaided schools in nursery admissions which had resulted in a comprehensive round of litigation in the high court. It was to correct this mischief the said provision was incorporated," the petition said.

The high court had passed the verdict on February 19, holding that the RTE Act and subsequent government notifications were not applicable to nursery admission in unaided private schools.

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Permalink Reply by Akshat on December 19, 2013 at 1:35pm

This thread was started almost a year back. At that point many were skeptical about the "neighbourhood only" criteria. In fact, many vested interests laughed it off saying it is not possible. But this year's criteria announced by the Delhi government has brought us closer to our demand. The fight will continue.