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TIMES OF INDIA - 10 OCT
Fears of nursery quota return
NEW DELHI: School associations are weighing in with their views of what the guidelines for nursery admissions should be for the 2014-15 round, but parents are worried the management quota will make a comeback. One of the most staunchly contested changes made by the LG and the Directorate of Education last year was the abolishing of the 20% management quota. It had incensed schools but pleased many parents.
"Abolishing the management quota was a good move," says Deepak Joshi, a Shalimar Bagh-based parent who'll be applying this year for his daughter, a first child. "It gives everyone an equal chance. Else, schools block seats and that reduces the number available." Joshi knows the guidelines are being revised again. "Giving weight to distance works for me because I won't get alumni or sibling points," he says.
For admission, a total of 100 points are distributed over various parameters. Till 2012-13, schools were allowed to select these criteria but in 2013, the parameters and points allotted to them were fixed by the DoE. The DoE not only took away the management quota, but created a quota for girls and fixed categories into distance, alumni, sibling and transfer cases. The change led to numerous court cases that delayed admissions till May. This year, guidelines are expected to be declared early and school associations have been writing to the DoE as wary parents wait.
Dwarka parent Lokesh, an IT professional, is dead against management quota. "These quotas are converted into donation seats. Desperate parents whose kids don't qualify pay up. I've heard of schools taking donations even from sibling cases," he says.
While this is a common perception among parents, school managements argue that not having any say in who they admit has caused great inconvenience. "It is a well known fact that officers, politicians, social workers generally recommend admissions. It becomes extremely embarrassing to refuse admission and this leads to unpleasant situations," says a letter to the chief secretary of Delhi from one. School authorities have also argued that without the quota, they are unable to help those who have supported the school.
"Even if school managements are allowed to set aside some seats, are the authorities ready to get that audited?" asks Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com. "Also, will admissions to these be open to scrutiny?" The problem is, argues Vohra, that "parents are never called for discussions before forming guidelines while they are major stakeholders."
"Abolishing the management quota was a good move," says Deepak Joshi, a Shalimar Bagh-based parent who'll be applying this year for his daughter, a first child. "It gives everyone an equal chance. Else, schools block seats and that reduces the number available." Joshi knows the guidelines are being revised again. "Giving weight to distance works for me because I won't get alumni or sibling points," he says.
For admission, a total of 100 points are distributed over various parameters. Till 2012-13, schools were allowed to select these criteria but in 2013, the parameters and points allotted to them were fixed by the DoE. The DoE not only took away the management quota, but created a quota for girls and fixed categories into distance, alumni, sibling and transfer cases. The change led to numerous court cases that delayed admissions till May. This year, guidelines are expected to be declared early and school associations have been writing to the DoE as wary parents wait.
Dwarka parent Lokesh, an IT professional, is dead against management quota. "These quotas are converted into donation seats. Desperate parents whose kids don't qualify pay up. I've heard of schools taking donations even from sibling cases," he says.
While this is a common perception among parents, school managements argue that not having any say in who they admit has caused great inconvenience. "It is a well known fact that officers, politicians, social workers generally recommend admissions. It becomes extremely embarrassing to refuse admission and this leads to unpleasant situations," says a letter to the chief secretary of Delhi from one. School authorities have also argued that without the quota, they are unable to help those who have supported the school.
"Even if school managements are allowed to set aside some seats, are the authorities ready to get that audited?" asks Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com. "Also, will admissions to these be open to scrutiny?" The problem is, argues Vohra, that "parents are never called for discussions before forming guidelines while they are major stakeholders."
INDIAN EXPRESS
Private schools say hard to turn down children of officers, politicians
Written by Shikha Sharma | New Delhi | Posted: October 10, 2014 2:41 am
Stating that it was “extremely embarrassing” for schools to refuse admission to children of officers, politicians and social workers, unaided private schools in the city have written to the government asking it to have a “pragmatic approach” to the issue of management quota during nursery admissions this year.
The letter also requested that schools be allowed to have “20-25 per cent seats as discretionary management quota”. However, schools have said that “there should not be any donation linked to any kind of admission”.
“No reason has been cited for abolition of management quota. As officers, politicians and social workers generally recommend admissions , it becomes embarrassing when we refuse them. Sometimes, it causes unpleasant situations as officers take the refusal to heart and become vengeful,” reads the letter written by S K Bhattacharya, president of Action Committee for Unaided Private Schools, to the Delhi government.
“We strongly feel that we should have a pragmatic approach to the issue of management quota and that 20-25 per cent seats may be allowed as discretionary management quota,” the letter states.
Schools also argued that when Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) across the country can have special provisions for reservation of seats, why couldn’t the same rules be applied to them.
“We have requested that schools be allowed to keep the management quota. Private schools do not take a single rupee from the government, yet we don’t have the power to take a decision on admissions… Besides, if KVs and other institutions can have quotas, why can’t private schools?” Bhattacharya told Newsline.
Meanwhile, the National Progressive School’s Conference — another body of private schools — has also written a letter to the government, giving suggestions on the various parameters for nursery admissions.
They suggested that points for neighbourhood, child’s background, siblings studying in the same school (with a cap on number of siblings), alumni, and management quota may be continued, while points for inter-state transfer and parents’ marital status should be discontinued.
“Some parents want management quota as it makes it easier for them to get their children in. However, the government should think about the majority of the parents who lose out on a good school due to this system,” Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, said.
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Permalink Reply by Maharam Tanwar on
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A big fish eats small fishes or ruins the life of other water bodies if unsuccessful. My take is 100% 'NO' to donation. However, the proverb 'Might is Right' and 'Unity is Strength' seems to be 'IN' because of strong representation of school lobby having experts from various fields of life, twisting the actual meaning otherwise. This year LG and DoE are likely to be helpless because of so much criticism. Therefore, school lobby seems to be determined to bring back their point of interest. If it comes, it must be well defined publicly before the admission process starts and seats allotted be verified and audited properly by a group of strong unbiased representatives of different categories.
Regards.
Sevakram
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