, like Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, and The Indian School, plan to start on December 22 itself; others, like Bal Bharti Public School (Ganga Ram Hospital Marg) will have to first decide criteria and have them cleared by the managing committee of the schools. "We'll need some time so, in all probability, we'll start from January 1," says principal L V Sehgal. The Catholic minority schools that had been exempted last year itself, are likely to start on January 1, too. "It's not an us-vs-them situation," argues Ameeta Mulla Wattal, chairperson, NPSC and principal, Springdales School (Pusa Road), "The HC verdict simply restores balance to the system." "It's essential that the parents are not under stress," says Madhulika Sen, principal, Tagore International, and a member of Action Committee's special committee on admission criteria, "We are meeting tomorrow and we'll draw up broad guidelines that'll be suggested to the schools." While all such "suggestions" and "guidelines" are just that and not binding in any way, both Sehgal and The Indian School principal, Tania Joshi state that their criteria will be based on the NPSC's "suggested" guidelines. "It's because we understand our responsibility," says Sehgal.
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NEW DELHI: Despite all promises of transparency and self-regulation, parents aren't pleased with the high court order. They have serious doubts about the private school bodies' capacity to self-regulate, are unhappy about the possibility of differing schedules and the reintroduction of management quota, of course. As one parent puts it on an online forum, "Ye jhatka Delhi Government ko nahi saare parents ko laga hai. (This hasn't jolted just Delhi Government but all the parents)." "They are in education but they're also in the business of education," quips Gaurav Bhalla who'll be seeking a seat for his daughter in east Delhi. Most parents seem to agree that the situation merited at least some common guidelines and standards however broad. "There is need for regulation," argues Bhalla. "If there had been transparency, the government wouldn't have felt the need to intervene in the first place." He believes there should be a common platform—ideally regulated by the government—where feedback from all stakeholders can be gathered. He isn't the only one to doubt the private schools' self-regulation policy. "I don't think they can and it'll be the same nightmare all over again," says a parent who'll apply this year. School authorities have maintained from the start that they and parents are on the same side of the nursery battle; parents, simply, don't agree. Echoing the sentiment of many, a parent writes on an online forum, "Last year's guidelines were not bad. Except for transfer and points should [have been] there for alumni and first child. Same calendar for all and same documents... [is a] must." Another parent feels that the government should've been allowed to at least "put caps" on schools' criteria. For most parents, the government's attempts to regulate—however clumsy—was a step in the right direction and the schools' stand has seemed adversarial from the start. At worst, parents feel they've lost. "What else I can say here. Pathetic. The ordeal continues for ...parents," writes one on admissionsnursery.com. At best they are confused. Sumit Vohra, of admissionsnursery.com, further points out that the reappearance of management quota effectively reduces the number of general category seats to roughly half of the total at least in NPSC schools (25% for EWS, 20% management and 5% staff ward) and there are also seats for children with special needs to consider.
Hindustan Times 11 Dec (Delhi) -Schools will have to seek DoE nod before publishing admission norms Sumit Vohra, founder, admissionsnursery.com. said -Parents are panic stricken as they are not sure of getting a fair chance. Fifty percent seats are reserved (25% for EWS, 20% management quota and 5% staff quota) as per the guidelines that 100 school have come out with. Added to this is the 3% reservation for children with special needs in some schools,” said Sumit Vohra, founder, admissionsnursery.com. Of the remaining seats, parents fear, a large chunk will be taken by sibling or alumni cases as most schools plan on keeping a high quantum of points for both criteria. “As far as the school’s autonomy is concerned, it is very confusing as parents want a common admission calendar. Parents have also said that a large chunk of points should be for the neighbourhood criteria and that there should be a helpline for complaining against erring schools,” Vohra added. The Delhi High Court division bench’s decision to let unaided private schools in the city schools decide their own admission criteria may be a big win for schools but it does not mean that the Directorate of Education (DoE) has no control over them. According to the guidelines issued in 2007 — one that the court has asked the schools to follow— the criteria will be finalised only with the prior approval of the DoE. Its decision will have to be communicated to the school within four weeks. The management quota cannot be denied as the 2007 order explicitly allows for it. “It is not as if schools will be able to set whatever criteria they want. We plan to be stringent in checking and will take action against any school setting arbitrary criteria,” said an official of the education department. Wednesday’s decision, however, has caused panic among the parents.
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Private schools on Wednesday welcomed the Delhi High Court order refusing to grant interim stay on its single-judge verdict quashing the point system for nursery admissions brought in by the Lt-Governor.
“It is a balanced judgment and all stakeholders should now get together for the children of Delhi. At the same time, it is imperative that the government rethinks its policy on nursery because its 2,000 schools cannot cater to all the children of the capital,” said Ameeta Mulla Wattal, principal of Springdales School, Pusa Road, and chairperson of the National Progressive Schools Conference (NPSC).
Last week, NPSC issued broad guidelines to 80-odd schools under its ambit along with an admission schedule. The action committee for unaided private schools, the umbrella body for Delhi’s schools, will also hold a meeting to come out with admission guidelines by Thursday.
But with NPSC coming out with its own schedule, parents are confused over who will decide the schedule this year, with the Directorate of Education (DoE) deciding to adopt a ‘wait and watch’ approach for now. “We are yet to take a decision. We are still studying the court order and may come out with an action plan in a day or two. If we have to make a schedule, we will do so,” Padmini Singla, the DoE director, said.
“It is going to be a confusing year for parents with schools formulating different criteria. Most parents have also expressed disappointment over more than 50 per cent seats being reserved this year for different categories. Parents want a common admission policy and schedule, but it seems that is not going to happen,” Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com said. (ENS)
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eciding to let them have management quota for now. School managements are, naturally, pleased with the stay on the government's January 6 order but also expect more trouble ahead. "The government will not accept this," says a principal. That prescient observation is confirmed within minutes as education minister Manish Sisodia tweets that while they "respect the decision of the court", Delhi government will appeal. Sisodia had himself appeared in court several times to defend the decision to scrap the 20% management quota and 62 admission criteria for nursery admissions. The process had already begun when this announcement was made on January 6, 2016. "Now the process of collaboration can begin. Hopefully, the matter can be put to rest. If implemented in the right spirit, I foresee no problem," says Ashok Pandey, chairperson, National Progressive Schools Conference and principal, Ahlcon International School, Mayur Vihar. He adds that this decision also "settles the issue" of what criteria are acceptable for nursery admissions. "We are very happy about that." Of the 62 criteria rejected by Delhi government, the court has cleared 11. The rest stand scrapped.
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"We have to earn the trust of the public and everyone must understand that we don't want any tussle with the government," says S K Bhattacharya, president, Action Committee for Unaided Recognized Private Schools. "We need to have better understanding with the government. Last time too, the government appealed but no stay was granted. But, suppose, there is one this time. What will be the result of this appeal? It's the parents who will suffer, the whole system will," he adds. Lawyers, and even several school principals, point out that this round's been won mainly on a technicality. "It was practically the only point-the government issued an order where it didn't have jurisdiction," says lawyer-activist Khagesh Jha. "It is not a matter of what order but who issued it," says another principal. The "administrator" mentioned in the Delhi School Education Act and Rules (DSEAR) is the lieutenant governor of Delhi.
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"We were expecting this," says R C Jain, president, Delhi State Public Schools Management Association. "Last time it was the LG's order. He had the authority to issue such an order but it was still quashed." The decision on admission criteria, however, has led to some confusion as schools have changed them multiple times in a single admission season. After Thursday's order, some schools changed criteria yet again. "I just received a mail from [a] school and they had cut 10 points which were previously assigned for first-born child. [I] called them and they said they are following court orders and have put revised points on their website," wrote a parent on admissionsnursery.com. Another parent wanted to know what the decision on criteria means for points for "first-born child."
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With the High Court staying the Delhi government’s order of scrapping management quota in the ongoing nursery admissions on Thursday, parents who were hoping for the contrary were left disappointed. “I was hoping of a positive outcome. There would have been an increase in the number of seats for general category parents like us had the quota been scrapped,” said Rashi Jain, who has applied to a total of 15 schools for her ward. “The government tried restricting such practices which can lead to corruption but nothing can be done now. I am very disappointed as already the chances of my child are less. I was banking on the scrapping of management quota,” said a parent, who did not wish to be identified. He was able to fill forms only in eight schools due to the lack of a “valid” residential proof as rent deeds are not accepted by most of them. “When the Delhi government scrapped the quota, I was hopeful that at least 20 per cent chance has increased,” the parent said. Most of the schools in the capital have a 20 per cent management or discretionary quota for nursery admissions. The Delhi government in its January 6 order had scrapped it along with other “arbitrary and discriminatory” criteria listed by schools on their websites and only retained the 25 per cent quota for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS). “Management quota is not a transparent way of conducting the admission process. The government should have passed it through the Delhi Assembly and not by an office order, as the High Court said,” says Ritu Anand, a parent. Some confused While some were disappointed over the development, others were left confused over the 11 points defended by the school associations in the High Court and retained in the judgment. Kapil Verma got a mail from Ambience School on Thursday evening saying that it has cut 10 points previously assigned for ‘first-born’ child. Even though the criterion is in the list allowed by the court, the school has revised its point system. When contacted, Ambience School Principal Jeania Aibara said that she had done it to provide “level playing field” to every parent. “Even after the court order, there is no assurance of what changes can happen till the process is completed. So we decided to cut the points for first born child,” she said. “Parents are totally confused about the point system and are not sure what points would be allocated, the original or the 11 points allowed by court. Some schools have even removed points allowed by court which have made situation total confusing and some schools have started calling parents for admission without even waiting for 15 February,” said education activist Sumit Vohra, also the founder of online portal admissionsnursery.com.
Meanwhile, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said that its respects the court order and the “efforts for bringing transparency in admission process” would continue.
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CT of Delhi. Civil Lines, Delhi- 110054 Subject - Tagore Int School East of Kailash and Sachdeva Public School Rohini Flouting Doe Guidelines Respected Mam 1 TAGORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, EOK HAS DECLARED A LIST OF SELECTED CANDIDATES FOR BOTH GENERAL AND GIRL QUOTA CANDIDATES,THE SCHOOL HAS CONSIDERED GIRL APPLICANTS HAVING 90 MARKS ONLY FOR GIRLS DRAW OF LOTS.THEY ARE NOT CONSIDERING ALL THE GIRLS HAVING 70 POINTS FOR DRAW OF LOTS TO BE HELD ON 25 FEB 2014 2 TAGORE INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL, EOK IS GIVING ALL THE TWINS 90 POINTS BY DEFAULT FOR DRAW OF LOTS TO BE HELD ON 25 FEB 2014
Please see the link below for the same posted on Tagore Int School's EOK Website http://www.tagoreint.com/eok/V2.0/index.php?option=com_content&... (2014-2015) 2 SACHDEVA PUBLIC SCHOOL ROHINI SACHDEVA PUBLIC SCHOOL ROHINI IS GIVING ALL THE TWINS 90 POINTS BY DEFAULT FOR DRAW OF LOTS (Draw of Lots for 104 General Category open seats will be held on Wednesday, 26 February, 2014 in the school premises.) Please see the link below for the same posted on Sachdeva Public School Rohini Website
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राज्य ब्यूरो, नई दिल्ली : नर्सरी दाखिले की प्रक्रिया जैसे-जैसे अंतिम चरण में पहुंच रही है वैसे-वैसे अभिभावकों के माथे पर चिंता की लकीरें खिंच रही हैं। अभिभावकों का कहना है कि शिक्षा निदेशालय प्रवेश प्रक्रिया पर तुरंत रोक लगाए। 1उन्होंने निदेशालय से स्थानांतरण के लिए दिए जाने वाले अंक को समाप्त करने का भी आग्रह किया कि वे 24 फरवरी को इस मामले में पटियाला हाउस कोर्ट में याचिका दायर करेंगे। उन्होंने बताया कि हम इस मामले को लेकर जंतर -मंतर पर भी प्रदर्शन कर चुके हैं। लेकिन इसका कोई समाधान निकलता नहीं दिखाई दे रहा है। उनका कहना है कि मजबूरन हमें अदालत की शरण लेनी पड़ रही है। ऐसे में स्कूलों की मनमानी के कारण नर्सरी दाखिले की प्रक्रिया और जटिल होती जा रही है।1उधर, एडमिशन नर्सरी डॉट कॉम के सुमित वोहरा का कहना है कि उनकी वेबसाइट द्वारा किए गए सर्वे को आधार बनाकर अभिभावक न्यायालय जा रहे हैं। सुमित का कहना है कि लेकिन वे केवल स्थानांतरण के लिए दिए जाने वाले अंक का विरोध कर रहे हैं। वोहरा का कहना है कि टैगोर इंटरनेशनल स्कूल, ईस्ट ऑफ कैलाश ने तो 90 फीसद अंक पाने वाली लड़कियों का ड्रा 25 फरवरी को निकालने का फैसला किया है। 1यही नहीं इस स्कूल ने जुड़वा बच्चों के लिए 90 अंक दिए हैं जोकि पूरी तरह नियम के खिलाफ है। वोहरा का कहना है कि उन्होंने इस संबंध में शिक्षा निदेशक से भी शिकायत की है।
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NEW DELHI: Several schools started the nursery admission process on Saturday with some conducting it on campus. This year's staggered admission process has drawn a mixed response from parents. While some say it will help them apply to more schools, others find it inconvenient. K N Saha, who is collecting forms for his grandson, said, "Different dates make it easier for us. We can't cover all the schools in a short period of time". However, Jaspreet Gill, a doctor seeking admission for his first child, said, "The schedules are a problem. It's like we have nothing else to do but keep checking school websites for the next 15 days". Parents are especially unhappy with schools that sell and accept only physical copies of forms. "Why call us here? They don't even let you look around," said a parent standing in a queue on the road outside a school for the second time on Saturday. The impact of varying schedules was most evident from the near-absence of EWS-category applicants. The website of Springdales School (Pusa Road), said, "EWS forms will be given when the department of education gives permission to do it as 25% of EWS is their purview (sic)". Springdales principal Ameeta Mulla Wattal said, "That is the prerogative of the government. They haven't uploaded the form on their website yet, how can we start? For the rest, the high court has granted us freedom and autonomy and there's no stay so we have gone ahead". Whatever their views on the process, parents queued up for forms on Saturday. The Indian School sold over 750 on the first day. Long queues were also seen outside Summer Fields School (Kailash Colony) and KR Mangalam World School (Greater Kailash). Springdales (Dhaula Kuan), Maxfort (Dwarka) and DAV Centenary Public School (Paschim Enclave) also started selling forms on Saturday while some other schools announced their schedules. Raghubir Singh Junior Modern School will start the process on January 5; St Francis de Sales (Janakpuri) on January 2. Sanskriti School will start its process on December 23. Each school has its own point-distribution system. Mrinalini Mehta, a parent, reckoned she has a good chance at The Indian School. "I will get points for distance and 'first child'" she said, adding, "Elsewhere, I'll get points for 'girl child'". What parents are less sure about is the number of seats. Restoration of management quota means there are fewer open seats this year. "This year could turn out to be the worst since 2007. Parents will have to run around from December 20 to January 20, just to collect and submit the forms," said Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com, adding, "The differing schedules could also make collecting fee refunds difficult".
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Many schools in the Capital started Nursery admissions on Saturday despite the Directorate of Education on Friday asking the schools to put them on hold till January 5.
Schools like Sanskriti School, Springdales School and DAV Public School started admissions, while others like Delhi Public School have decided to adopt the wait-and-watch policy and will start admissions after the Supreme Court verdict.
Schools in East and West Delhi saw parents, in large numbers, queuing up to buy application forms. Schools in Central Delhi and South Delhi released the forms online.
Parents will now have to buy individual forms for all schools they want to apply at. Some of the schools that had earlier announced to start admissions on Saturday delayed the procedure after the DOE notice.
Kapil Arora, seeking admission for his daughter in Dashmesh Public School in East Delhi said: “The admission procedure this year is very confusing. The schools are not declaring anything properly.”
Sumit Vohra from nurseryadmissions.com said: “Around 70 schools had announced to start admissions from Saturday, but only a few creamy layer schools started it. Others are starting from January 5, but many have not even declared the admission dates putting parents in a fix.”
Another point of worry for the parents this year is that the admission procedure has been prolonged. “Parents will have to run from pillar to post as schools are issuing forms till January 20 and January 31. This would also mean that the fee refund policy of the DOE will not be applicable in case a parent wants to withdraw admission from one school and go to another as the fee refund is valid only for one month,” added Mr. Vohra.
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most haven't tweaked either their criteria or their seat distribution. With a few exceptions, schools are continuing with the registration process as they are expecting Delhi high court's intervention. "We are giving out and accepting forms. There are a lot of questions on principals' groups but this will be challenged," says Tania Joshi, principal, The Indian School. The set of three parameters the school had allotted points to includes the very common criterion of 'first-born child.' Similarly, Amity International, Pushp Vihar's "sister-school" criterion has been found objectionable. "I went through the entire list of 62 cancelled criteria and found only that. The administration will decide what to do with management quota and sister-school points," says principal Ameeta Mohan. Till then, Amity will continue to accept applications online.
Birla Vidya Niketan had points for girls. "Around 55% of the roll strength is boys. We wanted the ratio to be balanced," says principal Minakshi Kushwaha. "We didn't do anything today but discuss this with others," she continues, "Our registration process is online-and that's continuing-but one parent did called me to express concern." Some of the criteria 'cancelled'-points for non-smoker and teetotaller parents, non-vegetarians-had been selected by Jain minority schools that are beyond the jurisdiction of Delhi government. There is confusion about the status of points for siblings too. Some schools had, instead of assigning points, allotted seats to criteria like siblings and alumni. It is this "reservation" that the government has objected to. However, there is the odd institution, such as PP International School, Pitampura, that has made some changes-its new distribution states 25% seats are for EWS quota and the remaining 75% for general category. However, "A subset of 10 % of total seats, of 75% general category seats, is available for siblings."
Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com points out that parents are now concerned about delay in the admission process. "Many are worried that they'll have to fill forms again."
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The association of private schools on Thursday said it will approach the Delhi High Court over the government’s recent decision to scrap management and all other quotas for admission to nursery.— File Photo
A day after the Aam Aadmi Party government decided to scrap management and all other quotas for admission to nursery, the association of private schools on Thursday decided to approach the Delhi High Court.
Representatives from nearly 1,500 private unaided schools will meet the Action Committee of Private Unaided Schools on Friday to decide the future course of action on the matter, which is already sub judice.
The association had moved the Court in 2014, after Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung had notified the scrapping of quota. A Single Bench had granted autonomy to the schools to decide the quotas. The government had challenged the judgment seeking a stay before a Division Bench, but the matter is still pending. A hearing in the matter will come up on January 21. The association, however, is planning to seek an early hearing since the application procedure will be over by the time the Court gives its decision.
Delhi State Public Schools’ Management Association president R.C. Jain said: “We will meet representatives from private schools on Friday to decide if we should seek an early hearing from the Court in this matter. If we wait till January 21, it will be too late. Application forms for nursery admission are being filled till January 22 only.”
Meanwhile, schools are still adopting a “wait and watch” approach as most have not started complying with government orders to remove the option of management quota from their admission forms. PP International School is the only school to have complied with the order so far.
The association expressed concern over how a change in the system will affect nursery admissions, as many parents have already applied to various schools.
“Whatever be the decision of the Court, the admission process is definitely going to get affected. We cannot understand why the Cabinet has taken this decision in such hurry. It seems that the action of the government is motivated by vengeance in view of private unaided schools refusing to provide their buses to the government for implementation of the odd-even scheme,” Mr. Jain added.
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arents and activist have welcomed the Delhi government's cabinet decision to do away with the "highly opaque" management quota seats alongside striking off more than five dozen criteria's in order to make nursery admission fairer, transparent and more reasonable.
"This is a very good move as the schools often reort to discriminatory measures denying admissions to genuine candidates on pretext of one or other criteria moreover most of these criteria are highly illogical and defy reason and rationality" said Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com.
Vohra further said that schools often apply irrational and illogical criterion like similar cultural ethos, attitudes and values, status of a child, which in no way justify the process of non-discriminatory and transparent admission process.
"They assign status to little kids, what a fallacy! Actually in their eyes there is a demarcation between the kids and their parents who can pay a hefty sum and those who are not capable to do so," further said Vohra.
It is noteworthy in this regard that some of the private schools have specified that those children whose parents smoke, drink or is a nonvegetarian will not get admission while some allot extra points for skills of parents like drawing, painting or music.
In its latest cabinet decision the government has decided to do away with all quotas in private schools admissions except the 25 per cent for EWS.
"Being alcoholic and eating non-vegetarian is prevalent in huge section of society even among women, moreover, if a father drinks alcohol then what is the fault of the child," said Ashok, father of three-year-old boy.
The parents also said that many private schools deny admission to the children of less educated parents, which is highly discriminatory as the child of uneducated parents also enjoy the right to education in a similar manner as par with others.
"If we are ready to pay the fees and bear all expenses of our child then why the admission should be denied on basis of parent's educational qualification" said a father of a 4-year-old, who is well-off but only eight pass.
"I am very happy that all such criteria are struck down by the AAP government and this would provide an equal platform for all" he added.
However, private schools and associations have expressed their unwillingness and called the decision as a retrogressive step, which would curtail the autonomy of the private schools.
They also alleged that the matter is sub-judice the government intervention is uncalled for.
"As far as the management quota is concerned, the matter is still in court. The courts have repeatedly given a decision in favor of schools. We fail to understand why the government had to do this when the process is under way, such steps will only create panic" said Ashok Pandey, chairman of national Progressive School Conference.
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ctorate of Education issued yet another batch of guidelines related to nursery admissions, this time on grievance redress. The promised helpline has been set up and schools are also required to display at the entrance contact information of the education officer parents can complain to. The guidelines, once again, leave very little room for schools to take a decision and specify even the size of the board with colour and text. The order directs all education officers (EOs) “to get a flex board fixed at the main entrance of each unaided private recognized school falling in their jurisdiction.” The board, which has to be threefeet-by-four-feet, has to be “at the minimum height of five feet” and blue with text in white. It must bear the education officer’s name, zone number, his office address and telephone number and mobile number in both Hindi and English and has to be up by January 10. Admissions begin on January 15. The guidelines are meant to “streamline the admission process…and to facilitate speedy redressal of grievances of parents.” The order further says that if a complaint to the EO doesn’t do the trick, parents may contact the office of the education minister Manish Sisodia through the newly established helpline–27352525.”All the unaided private recognized schools shall extend full co-operation to the education officer to get the said flex board fixed,” it says. Parents have welcomed the move. Mona Kohli (name changed), who will be seeking admission for her son in one of the Vasant Kunj schools, says that these measures “can only increase transparency and will put a check in place.” “This information will now be readily available. If I’m standing outside and I have to report something, I won’t have to look for a channel. If they have to search much, parents tend to give up. They don’t even complain,” says Kohli. She figures more parents will complain this year “which will be more feedback for the minister to improve the system.” Delhi Public Schools Management Association chief R C Jain says that the board is not exactly a new concept but is uneasy about the direct access to the education officials it is meant to provide. “The information is already publicly available but putting a board right in front may create some unnecessary problems. Parents will complain about everything, even if the school asks them to pay fees and they don’t plan to,” says Jain.
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Tuesday came up with a helpline for complaints related to the admission process in city schools. Parents can now call on 011-27352525 to complain.
The education department directed all zonal education officers to address the complaints, saying that it will be the overall responsibility of the deputy directors of each district to make sure that the complaints were redressed.
The education officers of all zones will also have to install a flex board outside each unaided private recognised school with the name, address, office and mobile number of the zonal officer.
If the parents are not satisfied with the response of the zonal officers, they have been advised to call on the government helpline.
All the flex boards have to be installed by Friday.
The department has warned all schools and education officers that non-compliance with the orders will be dealt with seriously.
The education department’s grievance redressal section on the website receives hundreds of complaints each year during the nursery admissions. Most of them are re g arding schools refusing to give forms to EWS students and forcing parents to buy expensive prospectus with application forms.
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NEW DELHI: The Delhi government on Tuesday came up with a helpline for complaints related to the admission process in city schools. Parents can now call on 011-27352525 to complain.
The education department directed all zonal education officers to address the complaints, saying that it will be the overall responsibility of the deputy directors of each district to make sure that the complaints were redressed.
The education officers of all zones will also have to install a flex board outside each unaided private recognised school with the name, address, office and mobile number of the zonal officer.
If the parents are not satisfied with the response of the zonal officers, they have been advised to call on the government helpline.
All the flex boards have to be installed by Friday.
The department has warned all schools and education officers that non-compliance with the orders will be dealt with seriously.
The education department’s grievance redressal section on the website receives hundreds of complaints each year during the nursery admissions. Most of them are re g arding schools refusing to give forms to EWS students and forcing parents to buy expensive prospectus with application forms.
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schools have already started to mislead parents on their websites.
VSPK International School in Rohini, for instance, is giving 30 points for neighbourhood children, 20 points for a girl child, and 10 points for references. A copy of the document, uploaded on the school’s website is with the Hindustan Times.
On Wednesday evening, a prominent Dwarka school, on its website, informed parents that it would give students staggered points for the distance criteria. For example, the school said it would give 70 points to those living within a three kilometer radius and lesser to those living further away.
After the criteria were highlighted in an online portal AdmissionsNursery.com, the school took down the announcement and replaced it with the guidelines issued by the government which say that all students who live within an 8 kilometer radius will get 70 points.
Some schools such as the Prabhu Dayal Public School in Shalimar Bagh, have mentioned that they will give preference to those students who live closeby. They have also decided to give points for interschool transfer instead of an interstate transfer.
The nursery admission guidelines had clearly mentioned that no school will be allowed to stray from the guidelines issued by them.
Education minister Manish Sisodia reiterated that all schools will have to follow the rules and action will be taken against those that do not
PIONEER
Schools flout LG’s fixed-point system, make new rules
Saturday, 04 January 2014 | Aditi Sharma | New Delhi
Surpassing the new nursery admission guidelines for 2014-15 approved by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, some schools in the Capital have come up with their own rules for admission with absolutely different parameters and point allocation.
In violation of the fixed-point system as instructed by the Directorate of Education, a school in Rohini has displayed on its website a completely different criteria chart for nursery admissions in the coming session.
VSPK International School, Rohini, on its website has displayed the points allotted to various parameters, in violation of the guidelines. While the DoE directed 70 points to the neighbourhood parameter, the school has allocated 30 points for the same.
The school has allotted bizarre points to other parameters also in violation of the issued guidelines. “These schools are completely ignoring the guidelines and a strict action must be taken against them. It’s shocking to see such non-abidance on the part of a few schools which are going against the standard rules,” said Sumit Vohra, Founder of Admissionsnursery.com.
The VSPK International on its website has allotted 30 points to neighbourhood, 20 to siblings, 15 points to boy child, 20 points to girl, 10 points each to alumni/single parent, transfer cases and single child. This measure by the school flouts the recently-issued guidelines by the DoE which have allotted 70 points to neighbourhood, 20 points to siblings, and five points each to alumni and inter-state transfer cases. The school authorities were not available for comment.
Recently, BGS International School in Dwarka had also made changes in the criteria for admission. Flouting the guidelines which directed 70 points to children living within 8 kilometers from the school, BGS extended the limit to 15 kilometers. “BGS School had wrongly extended the neighbourhood distance to 15 kilometers and decided that children between 6-8 kilometers would be given 50 points, and the points will be given like this till 15 kilometers. However, they fell in line after we pursued this matter and pointed it out to them,” said activist Vohra.
DAINIK JAGRAN
AMAR UJALA
स्कूलों ने गाइडलाइन को दिखाया ठेंगा
निदेशालय ने मानकों को चार श्रेणी में बांटा, स्कूलों ने बनाईं छह श्रेणियां
• अमर उजाला ब्यूरो
नई दिल्ली। राजधानी के निजी स्कूलों में नर्सरी दाखिला अभी शुरू नहीं हुआ है। हालांकि स्कूलों ने अभी से ही जारी दिशानिर्देश की अनदेखी शुरू कर दी है। द्वारका स्थित बीजीएस इंटरनेशनल स्कूल, मोनफोर्ट स्कूल के बाद अब वीएसपीके इंटरनेशनल स्कूल ने नर्सरी दाखिले के लिए अलग प्वाइंट सिस्टम जारी किया है।
रोहिणी स्थित वीएसपीके स्कूल ने अपनी वेबसाइट http://www.vspkinternational.edu.in पर न केवल अलग प्वाइंट सिस्टम जारी किया है बल्कि निदेशालय की ओर से बनाई गई चार श्रेणियों की बजाए छह श्रेणियां बना दी हैं। स्कूल ने नेबरहुड को 70 अंक की बजाए 30 अंक का क्राइटेरिया बनाया है।
जहां निदेशालय ने सिंगल पैरेंट्स के लिए कोई कैटेगरी निर्धारित नहीं की वहीं स्कूल ने इसे एल्युमिनाई के साथ मिलकार अलग कैटेगिरी बनाकर 10 अंक का प्रावधान कर दिया है। सिंगल चाइल्ड के लिए भी स्कूल ने अपने क्राइटेरिया में 10 अंक प्रदान किए हैं। इसी तरह से लड़के के लिए 15 अंक और लड़की के लिए 20 अंक निर्धारित किए गए हैं।
जबकि निदेशालय की ओर से जारी क्राइटेरिया में को-एड स्कूल में लड़कियों के लिए 5 फीसदी कोटा तय किया गया है। वहीं कुछ स्कूलों ने केजी व पहली कक्षा के लिए अपने शेड्यूल जारी करने शुरु कर दिए हैं। जिसके लिए कोई क्राइटेरिया निर्धारित नहीं है। ऐसे में अभिभावकों को डर है कि इन कक्षाओं के लिए दाखिला क्राइटेरिया नहीं होने की आड़ में स्कूल, बच्चों की स्क्रीनिंग कर सकते हैं। जबकि कानूनन स्क्रीनिंग की मनाही है।
निदेशालय का क्राइटेरिया
क्या कहना है एक्सपर्ट का
एडमिशन नर्सरी डॉट कॉम के प्रमुख सुमित वोहरा का कहना है कि स्कूलों की मनमानी पर लगाम लगाने की जरूरत है। हर साल स्कूलों को कारण बताओ नोटिस जारी करके छोड़ दिया जाता है। जब तक निदेशालय व सरकार की ओर से मनमानी करने वाले स्कूलों पर सख्ती नहीं होगी तब तक इस पर लगाम नहीं लगेगी। उन्होंने निदेशालय से संबंध में जल्द से जल्द एक नोटिफिकेशन जारी करने का आग्रह किया है।
एडमिशन शेड्यूल जारी
नई दिल्ली (ब्यूरो)। द्वारका स्थित मॉडर्न स्कूल ने शुक्रवार को अपनी वेबसाइट पर दाखिले से जुड़ी सारी जानकारी अपलोड कर दी। स्कूल ने निदेशालय के क्राइटेरिया को ही दाखिले का आधार बनाया है। वहीं प्रभु दयाल पब्लिक स्कूल ने क्राइटेरिया के साथ शेड्यूल जारी किया है। स्कूल ने नेबरहुड के लिए 6 किलोमीटर तक 70 अंक रखे हैं, जबकि गाइडलाइन में यह दायरा 8 किलोमीटर तय हो चुका है। वहीं बाल भवन इंटरनेशनल स्कूल, द्वारका ने भी वेबसाइट पर क्राइटेरिया जारी किया है। स्कूल ने गाइडलाइंस की अनदेखी करते हुए नेबरहुड के लिए चार कैटेगरी बनाई है। वहीं संस्कृति स्कूल ने केवल 15 जनवरी-31 तक का शेड्यूल ही जारी किया है। माना जा रहा है कि 15 जनवरी आने से पहले अन्य स्कूल भी क्राइटेरिया व शेड्यूल जारी करना शुरू कर देंगे।
नेबरहुड 0-8 किलोमीटर70 अंक
सिबलिंग (भाई-बहन)20 अंक
पैरेंट्स एल्युमिनी05 अंक
इंटर स्टेट ट्रांसफर केस 05 अंक
कुल100
Subject: For Urgent Pursual (Director Education)~Subject: Schools manipulated Alumni Points/Transfer Points last year (2013-14)No points for twins in the new notification (for 2014-15) (Marked to Delhi Chief Minister/Delhi Education Minister/Education Secretary)To
Shri Amit Singla 30 Dec 2013
Director Education (DOE)
Govt. of NCT of Delhi.
Civil Lines, Delhi- 110054
Respected sir
In continuation to my earlier mail regarding transparency in Lottery. Pleased attached validated point system excel sheet for more than 200 schools for year 2013-2014
1) I would like you to issue instructions to the schools who manipulate Alumni Points by following ways before commencement of admissions
a) Alumni Points are awarded to children who have just studied for minimum one year in the school ( That means any one can get alumni point many schools..indirect screening)
b) Some schools give points to parents who have studied in schools of same society (That is not definition of Alumni)
c) Some Schools give 10th pass out and others 12th pass out for Alumni points ( Technically it should be 12th else any person who has changed school after 10th can get alumni in two different schools)
So make common rules as 5 alumni points would decide destiny of many children
2 Please clear the definition of interstate transfer else schools will use manipulate this point also.
a) Like last year few schools gave points "Is your job transferable" and different schools had their own rules(We got many complaints)
b) Please clarify further after what date (example 31.3.2013 or 1.1.2013) the interstate transfer is valid and it should be valid for both Govt and Private employees ( Technically as per guidelines) As many schools did indirect screening by giving transfer points only to Govt Employees (Employees working with Private suffered a lot) last year.
c) Lot of parents who have come on transfer from foreign countries are confused. ( Technically they should be covered but please clarify for their sake, whether they would be get transfer points or not)
3 Till last year many school gave first child point to the twins and in case of lottery many schools had policy to select both the twins in case of selection of one child in Draw of Lots
but this year we are getting many queries as parents want their twin to go in same school. So is it possible to make some guidelines for twins or not as being Blanket Point System .school cannot deviate.
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week and the entire exercise is likely to be completed by March 31.
The admission forms would be issued between January 2 and 16, Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said after a meeting with top officials of his department. He has already hinted the criteria for enrolment would be almost same as that of last year.
Last year, government had given almost total leeway to private schools to set their own criteria for enrolment of the tiny tots. The schools were given a free hand to frame their own criteria for admission provided they are within broad contours of the Right to Education Act.Barring parents'' qualifications and their income, schools were free to include all relevant criteria like proximity of school to students'' residences, single parents and son and daughters of alumni. (more) PTI MPB
http://news.in.msn.com/national/article.aspx?cp-documentid=5662366
Nursery pre-admission forms from Jan 2 | TheTimes of India
TNN | Dec 9, 2011, 03.44AM IST
NEW DELHI: Parents anxiously waiting for nursery admissions to begin have less than a month to prepare. The pre-admission forms for nursery will be available between January 2 and 16 at private unaided schools though the government will release admission guidelinesonly next week.
The directorate of educationwill announce the admission rules and the age criterion only after Delhi high court's decision on December 14.
"Guidelines for nursery admissions will be issued by next week and the admission process will go on till March 31," DoE officials said.
Meanwhile, many parents have already started collecting details of schools best-suited to them. Anjali Kapoor, a parent from Vasant Kunj, said, "For the last two weeks, we had been preparing a list of schools with their parameters for admission last year. We have also been in touch with other parents through our child's playschool. Nursery admissions is a hot topic of discussion among our friendsthese days."
Another parent, Arti Jain (MEMBER OF AdmissionsNursery.Com), whose son could not get admission anywhere despite applying in 21 schools last year, said, "Parameters like alumni, sibling, gender and transfer case favour a particular set of children. My son is a first child and I have not studied in any private school in the neighbourhood. If conditions remain the same this year too, I don't see a chance of my son getting admission anywhere," said Jain, who lives in Connaught Place. Her son has continued in the play school.
Several schools in west Delhi had also announced their own admission schedule initially though they had to withdraw it after intervention by DoE officials.
It is now mandatory for all private unaided schools to follow the schedule announced by government on Thursday. All private unaided schools will also have to continue with providing 25% quota to students from economically weaker section.
Delhi government has decided to issue common admission forms for EWS admissions this year.
The forms will be available on the websiteof directorate of education.
Nursery admission guidelines next week: Arvinder Singh Lovely Jagran Post
New Delhi: Ending anxiety surrounding nursery admissions, Delhi Government on Thursday said it will issue guidelines for the enrolment process next week and the entire exercise is likely to be completed by March 31.
The admission forms would be issued between January 2 and 16, Education Minister Arvinder Singh Lovely said after a meeting with top officials of his department. He has already hinted the criteria for enrolment would be almost same as that of last year.
Last year, government had given almost total leeway to private schools to set their own criteria for enrolment of the tiny tots. The schools were given a free hand to frame their own criteria for admission provided they are within broad contours of the Right to Education Act.
Barring parents' qualifications and their income, schools were free to include all relevant criteria like proximity of school to students' residences, single parents and son and daughters of alumni. Lovely said each school will have to reserve 25 percent of the total seats for children belonging to the economically weaker section (EWS) as per provision of the RTE Act.
He said government has decided to provide common admission forms for enrolment under EWS category at all schools across the city as parents of children belonging to the category faced a lot of difficulties last year.
Forms for admission under EWS category will be made available on the website of the Directorate of Education.
Lovely said a complete list of admissions and number of vacant seats regarding enrolment of EWS children will have to be submitted by each school to the Directorate of Education by March 31.
"Thereafter, a public notice would be issued for vacant seats under EWS quota," he said.
Agencies
Tags: lowest age for nursery admissions, latest on nursery admissions, private schools for nursery admissions, rules for nursery admissions, admission in nursery, kindergarten admissions, admissions in kindergarten
http://post.jagran.com/nursery-admission-guidelines-next-week-arvinder-singh-lovely-1323364784
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in schedule for nursery admissions. The last date for the first list will now be April 7 instead of March 15. While schools serving as centres for the board exams are pleased, the change poses a problem to parents who have already paid the fees. According to the latest order, admissions close on April 25. A batch of lawsuits is still to be decided. The DoE order came after the high court's direction on Thursday. Rikhi Khorana is thankful he is self-employed and has flexible timings. "Harassment is an understatement. Every school is calling me for verification before the draw and I have applied at 56. Everyone, even the schools, are fed up." The situation could get trickier—another petition, this one against the alumni category, was admitted in HC on Friday. This will be the fifth nursery petition by parents this year. Ameeta Mulla Wattal, chairwoman of National Progressive Schools Conference and principal, Springdales School, Pusa Road, points to another HC order to schools for keeping 3% seats vacant for disabled candidates. However, there's no notification yet. Sumit Vohra founder of admissionsnursery.com also points to the problem of fees. "Many parents have paid fees. They're entitled to a refund if they apply within a month, but the last date for admissions to close is April 25—well over a month away. Parents need clarification."This is nursery circus," observes Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com. "Parents are getting angry with the government and the constant PILs." Those who've lost seats or protested are bickering on his website now.
"Had the practitioners, the advisory board been taken into confidence, this chaos could've been avoided," says Wattal. However, she's happy with the change in schedule. CBSE had written to DOE to reconsider holding draws during the boards. Most of this year's litigation was initiated by parents: five sets of parents, many of whom have never been to court, took the legal route. The guidelines have been changed thrice since December 19, 2013. The process that was meant to end by February 28 hasn't even begun for some. Parents are taking leave to go to court, make representations to the lieutenant governor and Delhi government. Khagesh Jha of Social Jurist, a lawyer-activist group, welcomes this. "It's a good sign that parents can organize themselves easily because of social media and are demanding change," says Jha. He is happy that parents' groups are slowly getting closer to what Social Jurists had demanded; admissions based on distance and a draw. "A complete neighbourhood system seems to be the only solution," he says, "All guidelines are based on what will help the parent. If you think of the child, only neighbourhood makes sense." More and more parents are coming round to this view. First transfer cases was eliminated and now, at least one parents' group, has challenged the points for alumni. A representation to the LG suggests removal of these categories, or at least limiting them to a fixed number of seats. This will not go down well with parents in areas with few known schools.
Indian Express 8 Mar-Spate of orders baffles parents, schools
Written by Shikha Sharma , Aneesha Mathur | New Delhi | March 8, 2014 12:25 am
Fresh admission process will begin on April 25. (Express Archive)
Summary
Nursery - Multiple changes in guidelines has delayed admission by over 2 months.
The government on Friday announced yet another nursery admission schedule in the hope of resolving the current admission fiasco, but the chaos is far from over. The order states that admissions, already delayed by over two months, will now commence on April 25. It has left schools and parents baffled with the “never ending admission cycle”.
“This is like an endless nightmare. A new development comes to the fore every other week, and we get to look at a new set of dates or rules. Clearly, the issue is not getting resolved and it is causing inordinate delay. We have decided to wait for a final decision before starting the admission procedure again,” principal of Bal Bharati School L V Sehgal said.
The admission procedure has been quite turbulent with four groups of parents already approaching the court over various aspects of the guidelines issued on December 18 last year. As a result, the guidelines have been constantly undergoing changes.
“On Thursday, the High Court ordered fresh draw of lots for all applicants with 70 points, including those who had managed to secure seats. Now this group is also contemplating going to the court. The court had directed schools to reserve seats for the disabled, and that case is scheduled for March 12. As far as we are concerned, the litigation is far from over. There’s only one word that comes to my mind and it is ‘chaos’,” S K Bhattacharya, president of Action Committee for Unaided Private Schools, said.
The schools, which will now conduct fresh draw of lots, are required to display the first list of selected candidates by April 7, the second list by April 15 and subsequent lists, if any, between April 16 and 21. The process will commence by April 25.
“This is really unfair. We had got a seat, by sheer luck, but now I will have to let that go. All I have been doing is attending draws and visiting schools for verification,” Pratibha Ojha, who stays in Mayur Vihar, said.
“If the government had bothered to hold consultations with all stakeholders, none of this would have happened. Schools that had taken a fee from parents now have to refund it. We are sceptical of conducting draws. Who knows when the next circular will come out and what changes it might bring?” Ameeta Mulla Wattal, principal of Springdales, Pusa Road, said.
“Conducting draws over and over again is not easy. Besides, if the process will commence by April 25, when will the classes begin? Usually, we close our nursery wing by May 5. We are looking at a loss of an entire session,” Jyoti Arora, principal of Mount Abu School, Rohini, said.
“Parents who have paid the fee are now asking for refunds. Even after three months, we are where we started,” Sumit Vohra, founder of admissions nursery.com, said.
“This year has been unprecedented in the history of Nursery admission. Aggrieved parents have nowhere to go but the court. The court should do something to put an end to this back and forth litigation,” R C Jain, president of Delhi State Public Schools Management Association, said.
The Pioneer 8 Mar-Nursery session delayed as fresh draw ordered
Saturday, 08 March 2014 | Aditi Gupta | New Delhi
With nursery admissions in the Capital being entangled in endless changes in mode of conduct and schedules, sessions will not begin before April 25.
In the latest notification issued by the Directorate of Education (DoE), following the High Court’s order, all private schools in the city have been directed to conduct a fresh draw of lots not just for inter-State transfer category but for all categories — sibling, alumni and neighbourhood, which were earlier selected with draw of lots.
As per the new schedule, schools are required to conduct fresh draw of lots and display the list of selected candidates by April 7, 2014 followed by a second list on April 15. Subsequent lists, if any, must be displayed between April 16 and 21. The admission process which was earlier supposed to be over by March 31 will now be completed by April 25.
Quoting the Delhi HC order by Justice Manmohan, the DoE notification said: “It is directed that all candidates having equal marks shall be considered equally by conducting a fresh draw of lots, wherever necessary.”
Meanwhile, the Delhi HC on Friday sought a response from the Delhi Government on a plea seeking scrapping of the alumni and sibling categories in nursery admissions. Justice Manmohan refused to pass any interim orders in the hearing conducted in his chamber and listed the matter to be taken up on July 25. The matter was listed before him after the same was mentioned before the bench of acting Chief Justice BD Ahmed and Justice S Mridul for an urgent hearing. The petition, filed by Sudhanshu Jain and some other parents through advocate Prashant Mehta, has sought quashing of the two categories or in the alternative setting up a cap on the number of seats allotted to the two groups.
Parents, who are at the receiving end of the confusion that has been prevailing ever since the DoE’s first notification on the point system came, are fed up of the mess and say that the system is appalling.
“This is so disappointing. Redraw of lots is like asking us to go through the entire tedious process again. We were thinking it was just a matter of a few days. Now this delay of 25 days is not acceptable and shows inefficiency on the part of the Government and the system which is least bothered about a child,” said Bhavna Malik, Assistant Professor in a college and a resident of Paschim Vihar who has applied in over ten schools in the Capital and secured a seat in none.
As per the High Court order and the DoE notification, the selection of all those children by draw of lots in all categories stands cancelled which means that the parents of inter-State transfer category will participate in the redraw along with those of sibling, alumni and neighbourhood category. However, seats confirmed earlier by point system, excluding the transfer cases and lottery cases, will remain untouched.
While parents are deeply aggrieved and fed up of the mess, some parents who did not secure any seat are welcoming the decision thinking it gives them another chance at selection. “It’s an assault on parents who had got selected in draw of lots earlier but I had not secured any seat so I take it as another chance for me and I hope to get one this time,” said Shantanu Mehrotra, a parent.
Agreeing with the sentiments of the parents, Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com said: “It is ridiculous and has led to loss of faith in the system. Parents are feeling tortured by so many twists and turns and hence approaching the court because of which the confusion is not ending.”
The unrest among parents is evident with several admission forums being flooded by anguished parents. The fiasco has led to one category of parents fighting with another.
DAINIK JAGRAN
नर्सरी दाखिला प्रक्रिया में होगी और देर
25 अप्रैल तक स्कूलों को पूरी कर लेनी है प्रक्रिया
राज्य ब्यूरो, नई दिल्ली : नर्सरी दाखिला प्रक्रिया में अब और देरी होगी। शिक्षा निदेशालय ने दाखिले की तिथि में बदलाव किया है। निदेशालय ने स्पष्ट किया है कि स्कूल दाखिले की पहली सूची 7 अप्रैल तक निकाल सकते हैं। दूसरी सूची के लिए 15 अप्रैल की तिथि निर्धारित की गई है। इसके बाद 21 अप्रैल तक सूची निकाली जा सकती है, लेकिन पूरी प्रवेश प्रक्रिया 25 अप्रैल तक समाप्त हो जानी चाहिए। हालांकि कुछ स्कूल नए दिशा-निर्देश के बाद भी अपनी वेबसाइट पर पहले निकाली गई सूची के आधार पर 13 मार्च तक फीस जमा करने की बात कह रहे हैं। इससे अभिभावक असमंजस की स्थिति में हैं।1एडमिशन नर्सरी डॉट कॉम के प्रमुख सुमित वोहरा का कहना है कि शिक्षा निदेशालय और अदालत के बीच अभिभावकों की स्थिति सर्कस के पात्र की तरह हो गई है। प्रवेश प्रक्रिया में देर होने से अभिभावक आशंकित हैं कि बच्चों का दाखिला होगा कि नहीं। कहीं ऐसा न हो कि अदालती कार्यवाही के कारण यह साल ऐसे ही बीत जाए।11जागरण सं वाददाता, नई दिल्ली : नर्सरी दाखिले में दोबारा से ड्रॉ कराने के हाईकोर्ट के फैसले से अभिभावकों में नाराजगी है। 1 उनका कहना है कि जिनका नाम ड्रॉ में आ चुका था, उनका नाम दोबारा आने की क्या गारंटी है। ड्रॉ से लेकर दस्तावेजों के वैरीफिकेशन तक पहले ही काफी मशक्कत करनी पड़ी है। कोर्ट को ऐसा फैसला देना चाहिए था, जिससे सभी अभिभावक संतुष्ट होते।
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Thursday came out with criteria and schedule for nursery admissions, adding to the confusion of parents.
A week after the National Progressive Schools Conference (NPSC) issued broad guidelines to the 80-odd schools under its ambit along with an admission schedule, the Action Committee for Unaided Private Schools, the umbrella organisation of private schools in the city, released parameters for schools.
Parents are confused, with the Directorate of Education (DoE) too deciding to come out with a schedule shortly.
“The department will be coming out with a schedule shortly,” Padmini Singla, director, DoE, said.
The admission guidelines released on Thursday are an exact copy of the guidelines released by NPSC. It asks schools to reserve 25 per cent seats for EWS category, 20 per cent for siblings, up to 5 per cent for alumni, up to 5 per cent for staff, up to 25 per cent for general category and 20 per cent for management quota.
“The criteria decided by the school shall be duly approved by the school managing committee. After this, it is to be put up on the school website and a copy sent to the DoE before admission process commences,” the guidelines state.
NPSC’s guidelines say distribution and submission of forms will be done between December 20 and January 20, draw of lots for EWS seats held between January 25 and February 5 and the whole process wrapped up by March 31.
The action committee for private schools has kept the same window for admissions — December 20 to January 20 — for issue and submission of forms, and wrapping up the admission process by March 31.
Schools said they will wait for the department’s schedule and make changes to the existing schedule, if needed. “We came out with our own schedule because the directorate was silent on the matter. But if the directorate is going to come out with a timleline, we will amend our dates accordingly,” S K Bhattacharya, president of the Action Committee for Unaided Private Schools said.
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TOI -Another private school body issues nursery guidelines
NEW DELHI: The action cmmittee for Unaided Recognized Private Schools issued its own recommendations for nursery criteria on Thursday. This batch is very similar to the lot suggested by the National Progressive Schools' Conference last week except it also suggests imposing a limit to the number of seats going to candidates who get points against criteria such as "sibling" and "alumni". The Action Committee guidelines use the same seat allotment as NPSC—25% to EWS, 20% management, 5% for staff wards and the rest are open seats. For admission into the last category, the committee suggests that schools have as criteria distance (or neighbourhood), sibling, alumni and "school-specific criteria" such as "girl child, minority, single parent, etc". While the last set seems optional, in reality, all of them are. No guideline decided by any school association is "legally binding". But as Action Committee's S K Bhattacharya earlier explained to TOI, it is in the interest of private schools to accept this basic attempt at self-regulation. However, as the guideline says, "schools are further advised to limit the percentage of seats in each category to enable a significant number of seats [to be] made available in the general category." It then gives an "example" of the sort of seat distribution scheme schools can adopt: EWS (25%), sibling ("upto 20%"), alumni ("upto 5%"), staff ("upto 5%"), management quota ("upto 20%"), general category (25%). The last bit has sparked panic among parents. "Parents aren't happy about the capping of the number of seats to siblings. The 25% seats to general category are worrisome, too. This means that only in new schools where there are no alumni cases will there be more than 25% seats in general category," explains Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com. "The Action Committee and NPSC guidelines are practically the same. In my school, there are no alumni applicants, so those seats will go to general category," says Jyoti Arora, principal, Mount Abu Public School. Thursday's guidelines—the third to be proposed in a week—also considers the case of disabled children like NPSC. In the allotment of seats section, it says, "25% EWS including 3% for children with special needs / disadvantaged group (depending on facilities available)." Anshumaan Sahni who'd argued the case for parents who'd gone to court demanding a quota for special needs children says that the court hasn't specified a quota at all but "we need schools to clarify if they are proposing a 3% quota within the 25% EWS-Disadvantaged Group quota as that can be challenged".
Hindustan Times (Delhi) 12 Dec 2014 Another school body comes out with its set of nursery rules NEW DELHI: An umbrella body of school associations with about 350 affiliated institutions came out with nursery admission guidelines on Thursday. Apart from the 20% management quota that made a comeback this year, after the Delhi High Court told the government that it had to give a free hand to schools to decide admission guidelines, the body — Action Committee Unaided Recognised Private School — assigned 5% seats for candidates of their employees. Deciding the weightage of the neighbourhood, distance and sibling categories, which were among the most prominent till last year, have been left to the discretion of individual schools. The association suggested a limit of up to 20 per cent points for siblings and 5 for alumni so that the general category students would have 25 per cent weightage. It asked the schools to introduce their own specific criteria like single parent, girl child and minority. Parents are, however, not happy with the 20 per cent cap on siblings, but welcomed the 5 per cent limit on alumni. “Truely, siblings category is above all. We don’t want to send our children to two different schools,” said advocate Gurpreet Salwaha. The association has suggested that the sale of admission forms may begin by December 20 and continue up to January 20. As per the Supreme Court’s orders, 25% seats will be allotted to the students from the economically weaker sections. Last week, the National Pro g ressive Schools’ Conference (NPSC) — a consortium of 100 private schools — issued guidelines for its affiliated schools. As per NPSC guidelines, allotment of seats has been left to the respective schools, with a cap on management and staff quota at 20 per cent and 5 per cent respectively.
Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com said “Now what the parents are confused about is, which school falls under which association of the 1,500 private schools in Delhi. It is important to know because the schools under Action Committee and NPSC will have different admission schedules,” Body of over 300 schools retains management quota, introduces staff section; leaves sibling, neighbourhood to schools
The Hindu - Criteria for nursery admissions must be objective, parent-friendly: panel
School Action Committee suggests parent-
A day after the Delhi High Court refused to stay a single Bench order on nursery admission guidelines, the School Action Committee for private unaided schools has suggested that the admission criteria should be ‘parent-friendly’ and ‘objective’.
The action committee has suggested that schools should not have interview of parents and children before admissions.
“After allotting 25 per cent seats to economically weaker sections, five per cent for the staff and twenty per cent for the management quota, the rest of the seats should be given on clear and well-defined criteria. The distance/neighbourhood, sibling, alumni and school specific criteria should be given importance while admitting a child,” the committee suggested.
The committee added that the school specific criteria, decided by schools individually, should be duly approved by the school’s Managing Committee. The criteria should also be put up on the school website and a copy sent to the Directorate of Education before the admission process commences.
It further suggested that admission dates should be between December 20 and January 20 and the issuance and acceptance of forms should be at least for ten days. It suggested that the admission process be completed in all respects by March 31, 2015.
Most of the parents are, however, confused on the schedule and admission criteria. “Now we will have to fill every school’s individual criteria and documentation,” said Gurpreet Walia, a parent.
Sumit Vohra, who runs a website on Nursery admissions, said: “The School Action Committee has suggested criteria with capping. This means that in old established schools, the general category will get only about 25 per cent of the seats as 20 per cent seats would exhaust in sibling quota while 5 per cent under alumni. But new schools will not have 20 per cent sibling and 5 per cent alumni cases, so those seats will go to general category.”
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