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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on December 14, 2010 at 9:50am

Guidelines on nursery admissions tomorrow
December 14, 2010   9:49:13 AM

Staff Reporter | New Delhi

Anxious parents and school authorities can now expect the guidelines on nursery admissions to be out by Wednesday. The decision was taken in a high-level meeting attended by Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely, and Director of Education P Krishnamurthy on Monday. 

While the nursery admission guidelines by Directorate of Education was released by November end last year, this year it has already crossed that deadline due to delay in receiving guidance from the Ministry of Human Resource Development.

Previously, the time allotted to parents to purchase and submit the forms was a month, whereas this year a mere 15 days has been given for the same. The fortnight long nursery admissions process will start from January 15, 2011. Pratibha Singh, a parent, said, “This will force us to run around frantically trying to secure a place for our children. We want the situation to become clearer. Only something revolutionary can change the present scenario. Parents will have no time as the guidelines are yet to be issued by the DOE. We are just waiting now.”

Another parent added, “We are confused whether the point system or the infamous random system will be adopted. If they follow the point system, it should be devised in a way that equal and good education is ensured to all students.” According to sources in the Ministry, the Delhi Government has also asked the Central Government to explain the term ‘random’.

LV Sehgal, chairperson, National Progressive Schools Conference (NPSC) and also Principal of Bal Bharti Public School, Ganga Ram Marg, said, “We suggested the Government that whatever was followed last year should be continued. We suggested the previous reservation of 15 per cent for economically weaker sections (EWS) be continued this year and it should include the seats for staff wards also.” Sehgal added that the schools are also eagerly waiting for the guidelines, in order to set their own criteria accordingly.

Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, said, “Parents fear that the Government will be pressurised by the schools, and will try to address schools’ issues rather than the parents’ concerns.” Vohra added that parents are opposed to the “alumni points”, as they feel alumni’s family background gives schools an opportunity for screening, and families coming from other States due to transferable jobs are also worried.

As most principals and School Federations across the Capital favoured the 100 point system and are expressing dislike for the proposed ‘random’ system, the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR) said that it would prefer the lottery system or a similar mechanism like first come first serve basis to be implemented, as they feel there is screening done in the point system, which is against the Right To Education (RTE).  

DCPCR Chairman Amod Kant said that it is the commission’s duty to ensure that the RTE is followed in both letter and spirit. Kant said, “Only neighborhood is the criteria that should be followed as per the RTE. There are many criteria in the point system which lead to screening.”

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Permalink Reply by 0s2eyrgi62fr2 on December 14, 2010 at 1:44pm

why so many contradictory statemnt by school and govt bodies

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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on December 14, 2010 at 3:02pm

@ Ashima wait for just 1 day more

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Permalink Reply by sweet nothings on December 14, 2010 at 3:35pm

Well let us c what they come out with. Parents plz don have high hopes coz no matter whatever b the decision, there will b aways a particular section of parents who will b not b taken into consideration.

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Permalink Reply by 0608fu45z6wu2 on December 14, 2010 at 4:17pm

from all this discussions it seems tomorrow never comes...

 

i hope wo subah kabhi to aayegi jab guidelines aayegi....and we have some bit of relax

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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on December 14, 2010 at 7:03pm

Dear Monika 

I am very positive efforts of admissionsnursery.com team will not go waste !!

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Permalink Reply by Rajiv on November 14, 2011 at 11:24pm

Sumit Ji

I have seen your efforts in past and am confident that you would be able to get atleast one more pie from these officials for all of us than what they would have offered otherwise. Your efforts have given our thoughts a voice which is not unheard at the highest of levels. Best of Luck to all...

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Permalink Reply by 0ymr6denidfbc on November 15, 2011 at 11:31am

 

Well the admission process can be made simple if they really really want.

(1) First, make it centralize (zone wise), divide Delhi in 5-6 zones so that parents need to submit form in 2-3 zone as per the most preferable criteria  i.e. neighborhood.

(2) One single form should be required to fill in a zone; parents can mention school codes where they want to admit the child.

(3) Filling of forms should be made online. No need to go to fill the forms on school window. For those who can't fill forms online there can be one single location in a school that should accept forms for all the neighborhood schools fall in that zone.

(3) Some mix n matches of both the technique i.e. criteria of point for neighborhood and lottery selection by computer can be applied to select the forms for most of the seats. And few seats (restricted to 5-10%- it MUST not increase this quota) can be sold as school quota seats for which they can charge extra money (definitely not in black/cash), this extra fee for quota seats must be declared in advance and it should not be sold as auction.

(4) Parents can mention in forms that if child name doesn't come in lottery then they want to apply for quota seats in so n so schools for the fees specified in advance by these schools.

(5) LAST but MOST IMPORTANT of all is that this procedure needs to be handled in most transparent manner and all information must be available on internet without asking through RTI. Better if it is handled by some professional organisations outside school authorities.

 

Have I forgotten to cover any other vested interest? (Except of touts/middleman, illegal stashing of cash by schools/ministers/others)

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