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Permalink Reply by Manish on January 21, 2009 at 4:07pm

100 points should constitute

Area - centralised for all schools (0-5 km -x points, 5-10 y points etc)
Alumni - centralised (father or mother or just one parent)
Sibling/First Child (should b equal points)
Parents interaction

Then just a fair draw/lottery..so noone cribs.

there should be no adv for girl child, divorce or single , transfer, minority..all these are bs.

1. everyone who applies has a house/ address so no one cribs
2. Alumni - its good that your alma mater recognises you and supports your kid
3. sibling and first child - you do not argue that one loses to sibling
4 parents - this is to judge the aptitude/thinking of the parent

the points range and number should be fixed by a central authority and must be same in all schools.

start filing the seats and wherever you have the number where the seats are less and there are more candidates who have equal points, then conduct a draw and bad luck who do not get thru.

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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on January 21, 2009 at 7:11pm

i somehow agree with manish.. but not with alumni /parents aptitude

if one generation cud not study then .. all their future generations have no right
to good education ?

schools shud not be given in virasat !!

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Permalink Reply by Odysseus Noman on January 22, 2009 at 9:28pm

Karan's system is almost perfect. Write up and interview (30 points) would benefit intelligent people regardless of education, so ideal. Agree with Manish's viewpoint as well.

Which would also mean that most schools have got the point system more or less right, with some variation which is inevitable.

Basically, girl points and transfer points should go.

As was once suggested in nursery admissions site, girls should have separate 50% of seats allotted for them to maintain classroom balance, with two lists for boys and girls separately.

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Permalink Reply by Odysseus Noman on January 26, 2009 at 12:51am

If you reserve half the seats in a class for girls, thats encouragement

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Permalink Reply by dr om prakash dogra on January 25, 2009 at 2:44pm

This discussion was anachronistic 40 years ago when my siblings studied in delhi schools. Of 8 siblings none studied in a public school and all of them made their mark in life and services and professions. We had 15 children and except for my son all others lived and studied in public schools. Even in 2G the discussion had no justification. For 1G a public school was like an unreal ivory tower, for 2G it was a means to an end, the end was to acquire 'received pronunciation' a 'set of intonations' and the 'iambic rhythm' which improved chances of placements in MNCs. Now, for 3G children it is a mad rush for participation in a social jamboree. The recourse to The Court intervention, indeed, has proved to be a great social leveller, not by bringing up the lower strata to the level of the elite but the vice versa.
In this back ground we should evaluate the point system:
!) The whole talk of the 'neighbourhood' is absurd in the context of the urbanized culture of a metropolis with all the means of safe and fast means of transportation available for children.
2) The emphasis on qualification and occupation, in fact, is the tacit recognition of the validity of the time tested system of the interaction of parents and school administration.
3) the importance of 'sibling' was recognized even in the olden method of admission. there was a greater chance of a sibling's selection in the olden times.
4) I have not been able to understand the proper nuances of the word 'trasfer' in the context of the point system. Whose transfer? parents - from one city to another or children- from one school to another?
My Conclusions:
1. The so called 'revolution' in public school education in the shape of this point system of admission criteria seems to be at the behest of the nouveau riche for which nothing is sacrosanct and which is craving to bring down a few remaining symbols of old aristocracy of culture to dust.
2. My advice to the youthful eduction minister is that instead of meddling in the affairs of public schools, he should look after the health of the govt schools so that they get back their clientele by improving their infrastructure, by abolishing unionism among teachers, by introducing accountability, otherwise he will have the satisfaction of becoming a 'great leveller' before he becomes old.

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Permalink Reply by Sumit Vohra (Webmaster) on January 25, 2009 at 7:59pm

Nice to hear harsh reality from dr dogra

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