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Nursery admissions -a new way of discrimination?
New Point system
For years there have been complaints about the way nursery schools admissions have been conducted. What has come in for heavy criticism is that pre-school kids are forced to undergo tests and interviews. There have also been rumblings of dissatisfaction as school managements are pressured to admit the children of influential people, specially politicians.
It was to stop this that a new system has been developed for Delhi’s private schools. Ostensibly to make the system more transparent. But instead another kind of injustice has been created! The new system is transparent, yes, but equally unjust.
This is the system is in a nutshell: Points are given out of a hundred.
20 points if you live in the neighbourhood. Which means that if you live in a locality where there are good schools (usually a â??goodâ?? locality) you are likely to get into a better school.
20 points if you have a sibling in the school.
20 points if parents are educated. 10 points each for post graduation for each parent. The points decrease with a decrease in educational qualifications!
10 points if parents have studied in the school. Ah hah. An old boys/girls network!
5 points if the student is a girl. Not quite fair to those who have a son.
5 points to children with special needs.
20 points given by management’s discretion. This will probably be based on the â??influenceâ?? that a childâ??s family wields although the reason given will be anything the management pleases to give.
This point system means that if you are born into well-to-do family (20 for neighbourhood), with highly educated parents (20) who have studied in the same school (20) your chances of getting into the school increase by 60%! And if you have financial clout add another 20% (management discretion). A policy definitely tilted in favour of those who reside near good schools. And tilted against those who reside in the far-flung suburbs.
No wonder this policy has come in for criticism, even by legal experts. Some also believe that it is discriminatory towards boys, and also towards single children . And ofcourse it is most unfair to first generation learners.
The neighbourhood criteria has made some parents who can afford it rush to shift house so that they can be within the three kms radius of the school, a distance that will get them a full 20 points.
What I find surprising is that state governments appoint committees to improve the existing system, but after long deliberations that doesn’t happen. Lawyers say this report cannot stand the test of law. But even to a layman the system reeks of injustice.
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At least in the old system ordinary young couples like us had a chance to get our child into a good school. The new system may look very good on paper…but can only work if there are good schools in all areas. But our committees live up there somewhere, breathe in rarified air and are unaware of the hard realities on the ground. I really doubt whether the new formula will stand the test of time. Ofcourse the authorities have said that this system is on a trial basis and the Chairman of CBSC has said that the system would be fine-tuned,but what happens in the meantime? Why should parents and their kids become bakras?
The long term solution is more schools and better schools, but is there a short-term solution?
Well, talking purely from the my own point of view, I feel that the weightage given to alumni should go and so should the management quota. The neighbourhood law is alright but the radius should be increased to 7-10 kms. There should be NO points given for education of parents. However I feel that giving preference to siblings makes sense as school timings and school holidays matching is very convinient.
So what should be points be based on? Well, firstly, siblings should be admitted automatically and so should teachers’ kids. There should be a quota for children with special needs. Girls in urban settings usually do not require a quota. Then a shortlist can be made according to the neighbourhood policy of 10 kms and admissions given at random. To prevent cheating this should be done in public by drawing lots. The names of the admitted students should be read out with reporters present. All names should be published in newspapers
For years there have been complaints about the way nursery schools admissions have been conducted. What has come in for heavy criticism is that pre-school kids are forced to undergo tests and interviews. There have also been rumblings of dissatisfaction as school managements are pressured to admit the children of influential people, specially politicians.
It was to stop this that a new system has been developed for Delhi’s private schools. Ostensibly to make the system more transparent. But instead another kind of injustice has been created! The new system is transparent, yes, but equally unjust.
This is the system is in a nutshell: Points are given out of a hundred.
20 points if you live in the neighbourhood. Which means that if you live in a locality where there are good schools (usually a â??goodâ?? locality) you are likely to get into a better school.
20 points if you have a sibling in the school.
20 points if parents are educated. 10 points each for post graduation for each parent. The points decrease with a decrease in educational qualifications!
10 points if parents have studied in the school. Ah hah. An old boys/girls network!
5 points if the student is a girl. Not quite fair to those who have a son.
5 points to children with special needs.
20 points given by management’s discretion. This will probably be based on the â??influenceâ?? that a childâ??s family wields although the reason given will be anything the management pleases to give.
This point system means that if you are born into well-to-do family (20 for neighbourhood), with highly educated parents (20) who have studied in the same school (20) your chances of getting into the school increase by 60%! And if you have financial clout add another 20% (management discretion). A policy definitely tilted in favour of those who reside near good schools. And tilted against those who reside in the far-flung suburbs.
No wonder this policy has come in for criticism, even by legal experts. Some also believe that it is discriminatory towards boys, and also towards single children . And ofcourse it is most unfair to first generation learners.
The neighbourhood criteria has made some parents who can afford it rush to shift house so that they can be within the three kms radius of the school, a distance that will get them a full 20 points.
What I find surprising is that state governments appoint committees to improve the existing system, but after long deliberations that doesn’t happen. Lawyers say this report cannot stand the test of law. But even to a layman the system reeks of injustice.
.
At least in the old system ordinary young couples like us had a chance to get our child into a good school. The new system may look very good on paper…but can only work if there are good schools in all areas. But our committees live up there somewhere, breathe in rarified air and are unaware of the hard realities on the ground. I really doubt whether the new formula will stand the test of time. Ofcourse the authorities have said that this system is on a trial basis and the Chairman of CBSC has said that the system would be fine-tuned,but what happens in the meantime? Why should parents and their kids become bakras?
The long term solution is more schools and better schools, but is there a short-term solution?
Well, talking purely from the my own point of view, I feel that the weightage given to alumni should go and so should the management quota. The neighbourhood law is alright but the radius should be increased to 7-10 kms. There should be NO points given for education of parents. However I feel that giving preference to siblings makes sense as school timings and school holidays matching is very convinient.
So what should be points be based on? Well, firstly, siblings should be admitted automatically and so should teachers’ kids. There should be a quota for children with special needs. Girls in urban settings usually do not require a quota. Then a shortlist can be made according to the neighbourhood policy of 10 kms and admissions given at random. To prevent cheating this should be done in public by drawing lots. The names of the admitted students should be read out with reporters present. All names should be published in newspapers
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Permalink Reply by Kavita Bhatnagar on
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In today's scenario where one child concept is becoming popular there is no logic of keeping 20 points for this. As far as neighbourhood law is concerned, your point seems valid to increase the radius to 10 kms. Can we raise voice to implement this?? Is their any parent organization who can approach the court for this?
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Permalink Reply by sanjeev on
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hi kavita .. parents who have two kids ..don't you think they will have problem sending different kids to different schools.. different timings..different culture and one might go to vasant valley other might go to simple school.. the cultural gap ?
overseas holidays with school for one but not for other.. parents have to go to different schools in afternoon ...is it feasible.. sibling rivalry converted into hatred ?????????????????
we have only one kid:)
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Hi Sudha! What you are saying is very right. That is why as suggested by SumitV .... sibblings should be admitted automatically .. it seems fine... But making it a 20 point agenda item (means mandatory for everyone even if having single child) seems illogical. rather this whole point system is useless.. But we have no option we will have to accept it
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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on
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Kavita the school lobby is so strong that our forum and specially Mr SUMIT VOHRA raised voice in all newspapers Tv , radio etc
BUT DOE LISTENS TO SCHOOLS ONLY
.Yes the only thing he cud do was stop interview of children in Amiown push vihar single handedly
with help of SWAHA SAHOO of H.T keeping his applicattion at stake as a proof but still got \
selected in Amity saket
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I agree to Sumit's most of the points...but as we all know passing a rule in India is very easy then to implement it...School admission is not pertaining to you wherein you think of taking some risk,its pertaining to your child's future in which very very few people dare to take risk like arguing to school authorities about law/rules/regulation.
Lets say for example as I know parent's interview should have been abolished for admission criteria but still its going on full fledged with some another tag on it...
My point is that whatever criteria is being decided it should be well imposed.Most appropriate way I see is to involve representatives of school,govt. & parents & then decide in agreement with all.
I don't know how much is this feasible but by sharing our thoughts we might land up to some concrete solution.
Regards
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