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Plea likely against partial redraw | Don’t contest other criteria: HC to parents Times of India - 1 Mar
Plea likely against partial redraw
NURSERY ADMISSION TROUBLES DON’T END YET
Shreya Roy Chowdhury TNN
New Delhi: There may be more legal action coming on nursery admissions. At least some transfer cases may go to court, not against the withdrawal of points, but against the decision allowing some to hang on to their seats.
Waitlisted candidates, too, are anxious. The guidelines, they say, don’t clarify whether existing wait-lists are to be scrapped while its members participate in other draws.
“I made sure I moved in time for the admissions,” says Kumar Saurabh who moved from Mumbai in 2013. “I got new voter ID cards, changed the address on my wife’s passport and updated our Aadhaar cards. I wasn’t expecting any points for transfer. But I saw the new guidelines were good.” Figuring that the points for transfer improved his chances significantly, Saurabh applied to a “limited number of schools”. His son was selected at three.
Saurabh informs that schools, especially after protests over transfer cases, became so vigilant that he was asked to furnish many documents other than those prescribed by the Directorate of Education. “We thought the first guidelines were progressive. Later, we believed when DoE scraps transfer points, they’ll come up with something rational. They haven’t.”
His fears coincide exactly with 70-pointers (applicants with only distance points). “At one Vasant Kunj school, there’s a draw for hundreds of 75-pointers for 63 seats. If you remove transfer cases, the batch will be of siblings and alumni,” Saurabh says.
Several parents and activists have been demanding “capping” of the number of seats that can go to these categories. “You should have similarly scrapped 20 points for sibling and five points for alumni or at least a cap should have been put on them as suggested by the Ganguly Committee in its IInd Report to the Delhi high court in 2007,” lawyer-activist Ashok Agarwal wrote to the LG on Friday.
“Parents with genuine transfer points say they will get one chance in the lottery while others will get more. Since technically all lists are provisional, on what ground can waitlist candidates be rejected?” Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com says.
Don’t contest other criteria: HC to parents
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New Delhi: The Delhi government on Friday informed Delhi high court that it has done away with points for interstate transfer cases of children seeking admission in nursery classes.
“The writ petition was essentially filed against the grant of points reserved for interstate transfer category. The Delhi government informed us that the provision of five points for interstate transfer cases has been done away with and a fresh notification been issued. In view of this, no further direction is needed. The writ petition stands disposed,” a bench headed by acting Chief Justice B D Ahmed said.
During the hearing, the bench asked petitioner Rohit Nagpal and other parents not to widen the scope of the petition by challenging other admission criteria. It, however, asked the parents to approach the single judge bench for other grievances related to the nursery admission process. The single bench, which was hearing a similar plea, had disposed of the petition.
toi.reporter@timesgroup.com
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Permalink Reply by Gabriel Das on
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Permalink Reply by richa nidhi on
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I also don't buy this.the 70 pointers having confirmed seats have already came from 2000 to 3000 form nd its not a cup of cake then why fresh redrawl for those.I applied to 18 school nd got only 1 confirmed seat and now u guys are telling to scrap it.why.....is it the end of world? There may be other chances in std 1 where u can approach ur priority school for ur ward but just being selfish is not good.
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Candidate selected earlier on 70 point basis are valid and remain valid as i know from the notification! Am i wrong? Was there something to suggest that selected 70 markers would be again have to be in draw ? I think for selected 70 pointers have additional opportunities in other left out schools..
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Permalink Reply by Dr Jyoti Dogra on
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What rubbish u Wud not have said this in case your child had been selected via lottery and you had to go thru all the verification brunt of the documents and the home visit verification done with out any notice come on all u parents are very agonised but then don't be unhappy for others kids
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I think selection through draw itself is not a scientific one but an arbitrary one.
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there is no way any draw will sound fair since the number of applicants will always out number the ones selected. So all selected candidates (including the ones with 70 points) should stay put
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Permalink Reply by shantnu mehrotra on
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Absolutely agreed with dr manish..sounds like an apt one considering everyone gets a fair chance n notwithstanding d fact that more than 80% of d 70 pointers are no where near securing a seat..neither waitlisted or confirmed. ..d final say has to be from d doe n honorable LG but lets keep our fingers crossed for d benefit for d larger population !!
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I too agree! 70 pointers are still have very remote chance and that too for 2% of the 70 pointers lot. Guideline is still absolutely nonsense. How 70 pointers will fight ? It is mere imagination of people sitting on chair that guideline is fair! It was earlier rouge and now 90% dynastic in nature.
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Redraw shuld b done to give equal justice to every child
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Where were the ppl raising questions when the guidelines were announced?
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Ya then why schools like dps vasant vihar east of kailash Rk Puram and mothers international have had no draw for 70 pointers only girl child , ews etc have been in the draw so what redraw justice u talking bout
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Absolutely, Very good decision by Hon'ble HC and DOE
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