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DPS, Indirapuram
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DLF Public School
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Uttam School, Ghaziabad
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The Holy Child
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Seth Anandram Jaipuria School
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DPSG, Vasundhara
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Bal Bharti Public School
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DAV Public School
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Gurukul The School
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Added by Rajiv Sharma at 7:30pm on August 26, 2014
10 kilometers away, he chose a “decent one” in the neighbourhood. The gamble paid off. The four-year-old boy was too shy to talk but is now the most popular
kid in the class. He can spell words using phonetics, loves judo and, with many classmates living in the neighbourhood, has a hectic social life even after school. His dad, of course, is the happiest.
The school is only a 10-minute drive from home.
I also know others who went through the difficult, tiring and very competitive process of nursery admissions. One even faked a rent agreement to show he lived in the vicinity of a very sought-after school to gain points under the neighbourhood criteria.
Apparently, there are so many parents faking their residential addresses that schools have started physical verification to detect the fraud.
Getting a seat in an elite school was never easy. All through my growing years, I heard stories of parents paying huge donations to get the coveted seat. One of my neighbours was euphemistically asked to send his child in a brand-new bus on the first day to school. I know many parents who tried political connections or tapped their networked friends.
Following extensive litigation against such class-bias in selection of children, we now have court-mandated rules for nursery admissions. The Ganguly Committee report accepted by the court in 2007 prohibited all testing and interviews of children and their parents, recommending that schools decide a child's eligibility based on a 100-point scale.
Recently, schools have been allowed to set their own admission norms and most follow the point system that rewards girls, students with older siblings in the same school, children of alumni and those living in the neighbourhood.
Others have devised their unique criteria. According to Education World magazine, some schools offer points to parents who had participated in the Asiad and Olympics or who are employed in certain government service.
These have not made life simpler. By rewarding points to children of alumni, some elite schools screen out parents who did not go to such schools themselves. Most parents still go through the grind of applying to 10 schools and more to secure the best for their children.
According to a 2011 survey by Credit Suisse, Indians spend more on education than Russians, Chinese or Brazilians. But in a status-conscious Delhi, the admission race is not only about education. Here, the name of your child's school is as important as your residential address and the brand of your car in determining who you are.
So out of Delhi's 3,000-odd private schools, only about 100 are in real demand. With no mechanism in place to ensure basic academic and infrastructural standards in schools, parents quickly avoid options that are not “established” yet.
As far as the “established” schools go, Delhi has not added many to its traditional list because no concessional land has been allotted to schools since 2003. Those schools, which were granted plots earlier, did not follow the mandate of providing seats for poor children. So the government stopped doling out land altogether.
In the last 10 years, most new schools came up in Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad, resulting in a skewed supply in Delhi.
Regulating the admission process is necessary. But as long as schools, both government and private, are allowed to operate without meeting basic standards, the great nursery rush will not ease in Delhi.
Elite brands are in demand everywhere and will always be.
But parents should also have the option to trust neighbourhood schools.
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ar, more and more parents have begun looking at options in the National Capital Region (NCR) as a safe bet. With many of these schools coming out with forms this week, many parents are getting ready for a long admission season. In Delhi, the nursery admission season starts in December and goes on till March.
"I am keeping track of admission announcements in all Gurgaon schools. My brother's daughter was not able to get admission in any school in Delhi despite there being five good schools in our neighbourhood. I don't want the same to happen to my daughter. So I am also applying to schools in Gurgaon to raise the chances of her getting admission in a good school," said Shalini De, a housewife from Saket.
But the admission process in the NCR towns, however, is not as simple as it is in Delhi.
With no guidelines, schools employ any method of admission. So while one school may have a lottery system, another may be scheduling interactions with parents, and yet another may be following a self-styled points system.
The age criteria too is not fixed with some schools declaring the minimum age as three and other declaring three-and-half years.
"There is no uniformity in the selection process. For parents, this is a huge problem as parents will have to run around a lot to meet the different sets of requirements of each school. The governments of Uttar Pradesh and Haryana must recognise the need for guidelines and act accordingly," said Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, a website that guides parents through the admission process.
Despite the lack of clarity, schools in NCR towns continue to be good options for parents in east and south Delhi. "I live in Mehrauli and sending my kid to a school in Gurgaon rather than one in Delhi made much more sense, and I am quite happy with my choice," said Abhinav Makhija, whose son goes to DPS Sushant Lok.
Branches of Delhi Public School, Amity International School and Shiv Nadar School in Noida, Gurgaon and Ghaziabad have already announced the schedule for their admission processes.
While Amity International is selling forms till August 23, Shiv Nadar School has not declared a last date so far. Scottish High International School in Gurgaon will start the registration from Thursday and has declared that the admission will be on a first-come-first-served basis New Delhi, August 21, 2012
Just half-way through the school year, the admission process for next year has already begun for some.
Sale of forms for admission to nursery classes will start this week in many schools in Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad. DPS Sushant Lok and Vasundhara, Amity International Schools in Noida and Gurgaon, Ardee School Gurgaon and Shiv Nadar School in Noida and Gurgaon are all set to steal a march over their rivals in the Capital, where the process starts only in December.With Delhi schools getting increasingly tough to crack, more and more parents are opting for reputed schools in the NCR where the competition is less fierce. The NCR has one drawback though — the admission process here isn’t regulated like in Delhi. Therefore, a large number of NCR schools close admissions in October itself while others start the process only in January.
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ad3 DPS, Ghaziabad4 DAV School, Sector 14, Gurgaon5 The Mother’s International School,New Delhi5 DPS, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi6 Vasant Valley School, New Delhi6 DPS, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad 6 Amity School, Saket, New Delhi
Co-curricular education1 Vasant Valley School, New Delhi1 Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan,New Delhi4 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi5 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi6 The Shri Ram School, Aravali, Gurgaon7 Sanskriti School, New Delhi7 Step by Step, Noida7 Heritage School, Gurgaon7 Modern School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi8 Springdales Public School, Pusa Road, New Delhi
Competence of faculty1 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi1 Vasant Valley School, New Delhi1 Step by Step, Noida3 Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan,New Delhi3 DPS, RK Puram, New Delhi3 The Shri Ram School, Aravali,Gurgaon4 Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi4 Heritage School, Gurgaon5 The Mother’s International School, New Delhi5 Springdales Public School, Pusa Road, New Delhi5 DAV School, Sector 14, Gurgaon
Teacher welfare and development1 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi 1 Step by Step, Noida3 Vasant Valley School, New Delhi5 DPS, RK Puram, New Delhi5 The Mother’s International School, Delhi6 Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi 6 The Shri Ram School, Aravali, Gurgaon7 Sanskriti School, Chanakyapuri, Delhi7 DAV School, Sector 14, Gurgaon8 Springdales Public School, Pusa Road, New Delhi8 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi
Individual attention to students1 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi1 Vasant Valley School, New Delhi1 Step by Step, Noida1 Mirambika, New Delhi2 Sanskriti School, New Delhi 2 The Shri Ram School, Aravali4 Shikshantar School, Gurgaon4 Kothari International School, Noida6 The Mother’s International, Delhi 6 Lotus Valley International, Noida
Community service1 DPS, RK Puram, New Delhi 1 The Mother’s International School, Delhi 1 Springdales Public School, Pusa Road, Delhi2 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi4 Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi5 DAV School, Sector 14, Gurgaon5 DPS, Ghaziabad 5 Blue Bells, New Delhi 6 St. Francis De Sales School, Janakpuri, Delhi6 Shaheed Rajpal DAV Public School, Delhi 7 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi
Sports education1 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, Delhi 941 DPS, Mathura Road, New Delhi 1 Montfort School, New Delhi3 Modern School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi4 Hans Raj Model School, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi5 Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi6 St. Columba’s School, New Delhi7 Manav Sthali, Rajender Nagar, New Delhi7 APS, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi8 Heritage School, Gurgaon 8 Air Force Bal Bharati School, Lodhi Road, New Delhi
Discipline and life skills education1 The Mother’s International School, Delhi3 Mirambika, New Delhi4 Lotus Valley International School, Noida5 Salwan Public School, Gurgaon 6 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi7 Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, New Delhi7 Apeejay, Pitampura, New Delhi 7 Laxman Public School, New Delhi8 Shikshantar School, Gurgaon9 Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi
Infrastructure provision1 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi1 Heritage School, Gurgaon1 Lotus Valley International, Noida 942 Sanskriti School, New Delhi 3 Vasant Valley School, New Delhi 3 DPS, Mathura Road, New Delhi4 DPS, Noida 5 DPS, RK Puram, New Delhi 5 Step by Step, Noida 875 Amity International, Noida
Disabled friendliness1 Step by Step, Noida 1 Air Force Golden Jubilee Institute, Subroto Park, New Delhi 1 Shikshantar School, Gurgaon2 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, Delhi3 Vasant Valley School, New Delhi 3 Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, Delhi 3 Springdales Public School, Pusa Road, Delhi3 Mirambika, New Delhi 3 Suncity School, Gurgaon 3 Mount St. Mary’s, Delhi Cantt, Delhi
Leadership and management quality1 Step by Step, Noida1 DAV School, Sector 14, Gurgaon 1 Salwan Public School, Gurgaon 1 Ahlcon International School, Delhi2 Vasant Valley School, New Delhi3 Springdales Public School, Pusa Road, New Delhi 4 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 5 Sanskriti School, New Delhi5 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi5 Mirambika, New Delhi5 DPS, Rohini, New Delhi 5 Apeejay, Pitampura, New Delhi
Value for money1 DPS, RK Puram, New Delhi 1 The Mother’s International School, New Delhi1 Amity International, Noida 1 DAV School, Sector 14, Gurgaon2 Springdales School, Dhaula Kuan, New Delhi4 Ahlcon International School, Delhi5 Mata Jai Kaur Public School, New Delhi 5 Modern Vidya Niketan, Faridabad 6 Salwan Public School, Gurgaon6 DPS, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi 6 DPS, Noida 816 Blue Bells, New Delhi
Parental Involvement1 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 1 Step by Step, Noida 1 The Shri Ram School, Aravali, Gurgaon2 Springdales Public School, Pusa Road, New Delhi 2 Shikshantar School, Gurgaon4 Sanskriti School, New Delhi 4 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi 4 Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi6 Heritage School, Gurgaon7 DPS, RK Puram, New Delhi7 Amity International, Noida7 Summer Fields School, Gurgaon
Quality of alumni/students3 Modern School, Barakhamba Road, New Delhi4 Sanskriti School, New Delhi 4 Amity International, Noida5 The Mother’s International School, New Delhi5 Sardar Patel Vidyalaya, Delhi5 St. Columba’s School, New Delhi 6 The Shri Ram School, Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 6 DPS, RK Puram, New Delhi 6 DPS, Ghaziabad6 Mirambika, New Delhi
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oly Child
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Seth Anandram Jaipuria School
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DPSG, Vasundhara
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Bal Bharti Public School
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DAV Public School
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Gurukul The School
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Its is just survey, parents review is the best feedback about the schools, so it just for your information
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Added by Yash Rawat at 5:35pm on September 18, 2013
, Indirapuram
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DLF Public School
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Uttam School
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The Holy Child
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Seth Anandram Jaipuria School
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DPSG, Vasundhara
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Bal Bharti Public School
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DAV Public School
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Gurukul The School
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oday asked the city government to inform it why draw of lots in nursery admission be not held afresh for all seats under neighbourhood scheme instead of just for those seats which were vacated after inter-state transfer category was scrapped. Justice Manmohan asked the counsel for the government to take instructions from the directorate of education and listed the matter for further hearing tomorrow. The court was hearing a plea against city government's decision to do away with the system of allocating points to inter-state transfer cases of children seeking admission in nursery classes here. Delhi government had on February 27 issued a notification scrapping the inter-state transfer category under which it used to give five points to children whose parents have been transferred to the national capital from another state. The notification was issued by the government after it admitted in court that there was misuse of the inter-state category. The petition challenging the February 27 notification as being "totally arbitrary and unjustified" has been filed by Major Saurabh Charan and some other parents who have sought quashing of the government's decision to do away with the inter-state transfer category. The petition has also sought directions to the government "to confirm the list of successful candidates/applicants including the children of present petitioners published by the schools prior to the passing of the impugned notification/ order..." In the alternative, they have sought that draw of lots be conducted afresh for all seats under neighbourhood category by cancelling the entire draw held prior to February 27 and not just of those children who had availed of the benefit of the inter-state transfer category. Under the earlier system, out of the total 100 points, 70 were given if the child lives in the neighbourhood of the school, additional 20 were given if a sibling is studying there, five points more if either parent is an alumni and another five points if it is an inter-state transfer case. Those having 90 or more points are directly admitted while the rest have to undergo the draw of lots for admission.
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er private schools and laid down strict rules for admissions to nursery, private schools in neighboring Noida are blatantly violating Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, by conducting interviews of students, as well as their parents, for admission.
Admission tests and interviews are considered as tools for profiling children and their families, therefore, conducting such a process are prohibited. Section 13(1) of the RTE Act, provides that while admitting a child, no school or person shall subject the child or his/her parents to any 'screening procedure,'while section 2(o) of the Act defines the term as the 'method of selection for admission of a child, in preference over another, other than a random method.'
However several parents, who had been denied nursery seats for their three-year-olds in prestigious schools in Noida, alleged that in contravention to the rules, children were asked asked to identify fruits, colours and flowers. They were also asked to recite poems during the "interaction."
"My son was asked to identify geometrical shapes and colours during his interview at two private schools in Noida. Despite giving all the answers correctly, his name was not there in the list of selected candidates of both the schools," said a parent, who did not wanted to be named.
Some parents also alleged that schools have been asking "inappropriate" questions like their financial status, working hours and lifestyles.
"I was asked about my working hours during the interview in Bal Bharti School. I was then told that I won't be able to take care of my child's studies as I work for long hours," said another parent whose daughter was also denied admission in at least three schools.
However, Asha Prabhakar, the Principal of Bal Bharti School, denied the allegations saying, "those who could not get admissions are levelling false allegations against the school. We have limited seats and can't give admission to everyone." She, however, did not deny the fact that interviews were being conducted.
Explaining the reason behind these irregularities, Sumit Vohra who runs an admission portal, said, "In the absence of any regulatory body in Noida and Ghaziabad there is no fixed criteria of admission in these schools. There is no fixed age bar, calender and fee refund process. Every school is setting its own rules. Most of these school do profiling and screening of parents and children which is against the RTE Act."
"There is an immediate need of a regulatory body to fix the admission norms here. Otherwise parents continue to suffer," he added.
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ls in the city offered advanced seat-booking discounts to mothers just out of maternity wards, only a few thought it was absurd.
HT FILE PHOTO There have been reports of parents using bogus rent agreements to show they live in the vicinity of a sought-after school to gain points under neighbourhood criteria during admissions.
Many didn’t mind blocking a spot for their newborns even if it meant shelling out huge sums years in advance. Just in case the child didn’t get into any of the dozen schools his/her parents would apply to when he/she reached the appropriate age, this was to be a back-up option.
Getting a seat in an elite school was never easy. Earlier, parents paid big donations to schools. Others tried political connections to pull strings. Women gave up teaching jobs in government schools that offered better salaries to join private ones so their kids could get admission under the staff quota.
In 2007, the government abolished interaction — interviews of children and their parents — and started trying a range of solutions. First, Delhi got the court-mandated rules for nursery admissions based on the recommendations of the Ganguly Committee.
Tests and interviews were banned and schools were asked to decide a child’s eligibility based on a 100-point scale that rewarded girls, students with older siblings in the same school, children of alumni and those living in the neighbourhood. The guidelines left some room for improvisation. So some schools asked for vegetarian parents, others had extra points for those who had participated in national and international sporting competitions.
The guidelines have changed again this season. In December, norms issued by Lieutenant- Gover nor Najeeb Jung gave 70 out of 100 points to the ‘neighbourhood’ criteria giving children living within an 8-km radius of the school a priority in admission. The 20% ‘management quota’ was abolished.
While most think these are the fairest admission rules so far, the new norms have not made life any simpler. There have been reports of parents using bogus rent agreements to show they live in the vicinity of a very sought-after school to gain points under the neighbourhood criteria. Schools have now started physical verification of the addresses of the applicants.
On the other hand, as a recent survey by admissionsnursery.com showed, the distance parameter has limited parents’ choices. While 75% of them applied to at least 15 schools earlier, only 63% are now able to apply to as many schools. Many are missing the “bus route” distance by a whisker because of traffic detours. Others complained they didn’t even have any “good” schools in their 8-kmradius.
In a status-conscious Delhi, the admission race is not only about education. Of Delhi’s 1,300-odd private schools, only about 100 are in real demand. With no mechanism in place to ensure basic academic and infrastructural standards, parents quickly avoid options that are not “established” yet. Cutthroat competition in college admissions is further driving up their anxiety.
As far as the “established” schools go, Delhi has not added many to its traditional list because no concessional land has been allotted to schools since 2003. In the last 10 years, most new schools came up in Gurgaon, Noida and Ghaziabad, resulting in a skewed supply in Delhi.
While the admission process has to be regulated, the government must also give parents more options. Delhi needs equitable distribution of good schools across the city. As long as schools — both government and private — are allowed to operate without meeting basic standards, the great nursery rush will continue.
One of the promises the Kejriwal government has made in its 17-point agenda of governance is to open 500 schools in the city. Many don’t consider ill-equipped state-run schools an option. The CM needs to ensure that at least this new lot of schools comes up as a respectable alternative to the private ones. The race for finding a spot in the so-called top schools will continue but it may not get so desperate when affordable sarkari schools offer quality education.
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