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For nursery admission faux pas, HC tells DPS Rohini to apologise to parents

Utkarsh Anand : New Delhi, Tue Feb 07 2012, 00:58 hrs

For four-year-old Ruhani, the anxiety of her parents as they await a letter from the Delhi Public School (DPS), Rohini, is puzzling.

The letter will bear an apology to her parents for the agony and trouble they were made to go through after their child’s educational journey hit a roadblock because of a “mistake” committed by the school in assessing her nursery admission form.

The Delhi High Court has asked the school to write an apology letter to her parents— Rahul and Shelly Arora— expressing in unequivocal terms their extenuation over the “regretful episode” that had led to her parents being keyed up due to the issue.

Ruhani’s parents faced much difficulty after the school, having included her name in the list of selected candidates for nursery admission, did a turnaround and said her name was mistakenly published.

According to the school, Ruhani was also given points under alumni/sibling criteria, but it was later discovered that neither of her parents came under the category and scrapped her admission.

Her father alleged malpractices on part of the school and contended that if his application was incorrect, it could not have been sent for the draw of lots. Rahul, a resident of Vijay Nagar in Northwest Delhi, lodged a complaint with the deputy director of education concerned, seeking an inquiry into the entire episode.

While the Child Welfare Committee (CWC) took suo motu cognizance of the issue, he also filed a complaint with the Delhi Commission for Protection of Child Rights (DCPCR).

The CWC, by an order in April last year, held the school guilty for wrongfully denying admission to Ruhani and directed the school to admit her after completing the necessary formalities.

Challenging this order, the school moved a petition in the High Court and claimed that the Commission exceeded its jurisdiction in passing the order and it did not hear it’s version. The plea stated that since Rahul’s complaint was also pending with the DCPCR, the CWC should have waited for the outcome of the inquiry.

Subsequently, the DCPCR also came out with its findings and held that the “school authorities committed an error by declaring Ruhani as having qualified for admission.” It further noted that the school ought to have gracefully accepted its fault and apologised to Rahul for their mistake.

Meanwhile, the parent informed the court that he could not have waited for a final order on the matter in Ruhani’s interest and, hence, she secured admission in a different school.

“In view of the fact that the counsel for the school states that an apology letter shall be dispatched by the school directly to Ruhani’s parents within one week, it is deemed appropriate to dispose of the petition with directions to the school to be more vigilant in future and ensure that no such incident is repeated,” held the court.

Talking to Newsline, Rahul said, “I am committed to take this matter forward since I will not want any other parent to undergo the agony like my family. I have conviction that it was not a case of simple human error and, hence, an in-depth inquiry into the affairs of the school is called for. I will be filing a separate petition into these issues.”

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Permalink Reply by 27ywgpba7ricb on February 7, 2012 at 11:54am

Dear Lathaa ji,

I request an advice. My kid got selected in Cambridge Primary School, New Friends Colony and in Manava Bharati India International, Paschim Marg. Could you please let me know which school is better and in what way, if you have an idea on these schools. Please help us out with your suggestion. Though I have asked this question to many so far, few vote for Cambridge and few for Manava Bharati. I am looking for a school with good extra curricular activities and academics. Hope to hear from you.

Thanks,

Harini

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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on February 7, 2012 at 12:00pm

@Audi Cambridge NFC, No second thoughts

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Permalink Reply by 27ywgpba7ricb on February 7, 2012 at 12:23pm

Thank you, thank you, thank you so much and we are going for Cambridge. But people say it is not good at extra curricular. still....

thank you once again for the swift response.

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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on February 7, 2012 at 12:32pm

No wrong info , it is one of best till 5th in south delhi yes after that you are right its average

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Permalink Reply by 10itb7y4jz7v6 on February 7, 2012 at 10:27am

Yes Sakshi, definitely the credit must goes to Rahul, but without highlighting the same by Team AN we Parents would never have been aware of such a brave act. So hats off to you guys who are creating this awareness in the Parents community.

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Permalink Reply by Sakshi (Moderator) on February 7, 2012 at 10:29am

Thanks :)

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Permalink Reply by 2zg6qyfwk5azi on February 7, 2012 at 11:08am

agree with your viewpoint..team AN plays a pivotal role in helping and updating parents ..kudos Sakshi

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Permalink Reply by Lathaa Manavalan on February 7, 2012 at 10:12am

I appreciate the great job done by Mr.Rahul and Mrs. Shelly Arora for bringing to light the erring admission process of this school.

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Permalink Reply by 1mt780ezqofqj on February 7, 2012 at 10:20am

Now things are being more clear ...why some kids are not getting admissions anywhere ....

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Permalink Reply by kamalbir singh on February 7, 2012 at 10:22am

yes..why should some kids have multiple seats irrespective of any point system and others have nothing in hand even they are living at next door to the school..

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Permalink Reply by 35ydvj4d9n2v8 on February 7, 2012 at 10:23am

Well done buddy:)

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Permalink Reply by 387yod9r1ys6g on February 7, 2012 at 11:43am

Can't believe a few parents have paid upto 15 lackhs to secure a seat for their child in topnotch schools . I think they are actually spoiling their future of their children because by promoting such things they are promoting corruption and in future as our children will have to pay much higher amount when their children seek admissons in school .
Also I believe that no school guarantees that a child will become an IAS after passing out or will score above 90 pc at every level . If it is in the child he will be a top student in any school , the atmosphere at home also matters
Please don't waste your hard earned money on buying seats , its pushing this country down
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