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"Suppose, I have a single boy child who neither falls in the category of sibling nor alumni. How will he get admission? Is it a crime to have a boy?" asks Vohra. PTI/PIONEER
Despite new guidelines, nursery admissions may be chaotic!
PTI | New Delhi
Fresh guidelines may have put an end to the anxiety surrounding nursery admissions in the capital, but experts believe the process is going to be chaotic this year as everything has been left to schools to decide.
They also claim the guidelines issued recently by the Directorate of Education (DoE), Delhi, are "irrational, unjust and violative" of the Right to Education (RTE) Act and may lead to a situation that prevailed some five years ago when there was no regulation on the admission process.
As the guidelines have left everything to the schools to decide, there is much possibility that confusion and chaos will prevail, said former CBSE chairman Ashok Ganguly, who had formulated the 100-point system for nursery admissions three years ago.
"The admission process has to be transparent, hassle-free and very objective also. There should have been a clearcut framework given to schools," Ganguly told PTI.
"And, there should be certain aspect of uniformity. It should not be like that some schools have a different format, while others have some other type of format.
"There may have their own parametres, own criteria but there needs to be certain framework which should be uniform," he said.
According to the guidelines, every school needs to keep aside 25 per cent of their seats for children belonging to the economically weaker section (EWS). The selection in this category has to be done through a lottery system.
While for the rest 75 per cent seats, open for children from the general category, schools can either adopt a lottery system or continue with the 100-point system, which is being followed for past three years.
This may include points for having one's sibling in the same school, being the child of a single parent or the alumnus of the same school or transfer cases among others criteria.
But, experts feel this leverage given to schools could lead to manipulation and confusion. And the categorisation allowed for the 75 per cent of the seats is a clear violation of the RTE Act, they say.
"The RTE Act clearly says that you cannot differentiate between two children on any ground. By giving points on grounds like alumni, sibling or say transfer case, you are violating the law," said Ashok Agarwal of NGO Social Jurist, which is planning to file a PIL against it on Monday.
"I believe that the guidelines are issued without the authority and sanctity of law. It is more or less an advisory note and not a statutory guidelines. It has no binding on any one and has no legal consequences," says Agarwal, who is also the president of All India Parents Association (AIPA).
Sumit Vohra, who runs admissionsnursery.Com, an onlineparents' forum, pointed out that the introduction of the alumni category amounts to profiling of parents which is strictly prohibited under the RTE Act.
"On one hand you are banning screening and profiling, on the other hand you are allowing schools to do so by giving points to alumni," Vohra said.
Agarwal also concurred the view and said keeping alumni as a category indirectly leads to profiling and is a violation of the RTE Act.
However, Ganguly didn't agree on this. He said: "Like distance, or neighbourhood, alumni is also a very important aspect of education system. If you are an alumni, you have every right to have some weightage.
"But, the points given to this category should be made public in advance."
Ganguly was the man behind the 100-point system which has been followed by Delhi schools for the past three years. He headed a committee set up by the Delhi High Court to streamline the nursery admissions in the capital.
On the issue of girl child, experts also have some objection. "Suppose, I have a single boy child who neither falls in the category of sibling nor alumni. How will he get admission? Is it a crime to have a boy?" asks Vohra.
Similarly, in the case of 25 per cent reservation some feel that top schools, which on average charge a student over Rs 1 lakh per annum, will try to manipulate the whole idea of providing free education to EWS children.
"Once you get selected in any high-end school, you will remain there till you complete your entire schooling. So, even a poor parent would like to pay some bribe to the school to get a berth for his ward," says Parth Shah, head of Centre for Civil Society, a think-tank that works in this sector.
Increased vigilance and transparency should be the key if the Government wants to avoid such manipulation, Shah added.
The experts also rued over the fact that the guidelines don't speak specifically on neighbourhood, a key aspect of RTE Act, and advocated that it should be made mandatory for all schools across the city.
"There should be a clear cut system so that a parent should know before hand that his child will get admission or not on the basis of given criteria," said Ganguly, who also suggested for a lottery system in the general category for shortlisting a few hundred from thousands of applicants.
"There is a great gap between the demand and supply, the number of schools are very less compared to the applicants. So, by a lottery system, schools can shortlist a few hundred and then apply some criteria, such as distance and alumni, to make the final selection," he added.
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Permalink Reply by Ashish Agarwal on
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What will the parents do if the child does not fall in these crieteria
- Alumni
- Sibling
- Transfer Case
- Single Parent
Is there any way to get admission in good school, or the last option of donation only
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Lottery system was better than this irrational point system. In that case there might be a chance of admission, but now it seems like no chance with these crieteria
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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yes sowdha we agree
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Yes this point system is very irrational and very confusing I think it will only help school to earn more. Delhi Govt Should have come up with some better guidlines intead of putting every thing in school hands. Seems like schools have paid lot of money to govt to come up with these guide lines and now they want parents to fund that money. so in all every one is earning only parents and children are the losers
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I agree with you. in lottery you still have a chance rather than the irrational system of girl child, alumini etc...
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I fully agree with Mr. Vohra,
That is it a crime to have a first boy child. Mr Ganguly should consider areas like Dwarka which has a population base of 8 million people as of date. I am sure nobody can get alumini points in dwarka as the schools have come up recently.
I am sure this time around we wont get admissions in the desired school. How can my kid, who is first boy child, get an admission in dwarka. He cannot, because he is the first child, i can in no way be the alumini of that school, then there is no transfer case.
i get Zero marks when my kid is so bright he always comes first or second in in his nursery school recitations.
If bright kids like my son wont get a chance then why should we vote for these type of governments???? who dont care for us.
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@ Vikas dont worry Mr vohra is trying and positive that boy child will get points
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best option is ...get divorced ... and then when Judge ask why you are breaking the relationship ...just mentioned Delhi government don't believe in traditional beliefs.. They want us to experience the "Look EAST Policy" ... :)
Guys what else you expect from the Govt who is led by the European Head, European heart and European Soul .. :)
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Delhi Govt is forcing us to think in this way :)
But Govt has really made mess of nusrsery admission.
One Ex CVC cheif comments on CWG games scam that usually contractors want work to get delayed so that in the end it can get as much money it wants from the govt and also no check will be there on quality.
it seems to me same issue in this case also. Govt knew that because of RTE there will be problems still it waited for last moment to decide on that .
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@puneet we can understand your agony
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Puneet...i do agree...even my husband is also thinking the same way...govt dont believe in happy married life people...what kind of education they want to give to our kids...dnt understand
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