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On why "neighbourhood" should be the only criterion in school admissions
1. Distance from the school is the only criterion that affects a child physically. No other criterion affects the child physically. Criteria like siblings, transferable jobs, awardee parents, single parent and so on are just discriminatory.
2. If more children are sent to neighbourhood schools, all neighbourhood schools would have a chance to develop.
3. Eventually, people would become "proximity" conscious than "brand" conscious.
4. Siblings would stand a greater chance of getting into the same school as they will also qualify for the neighbourhood points like their siblings.
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Permalink Reply by Neeraj gupta on
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Dear Akshat,
First you should go to psychologist for treatment. You are in great need for this. We are putting our points here not trying to let other down or try to send there kids to psychologist for treatment.
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Had it been Germany or Norway, your kid could have been sent to state childcare and not allowed to meet you for six months
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Stuti let us not forget that this neighborhood criteria will make schools to gear up there act and force them to impart quality education
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@Stuti
I went through the link sent by you and it clearly says Right toEducation for children aged 6 - 14 years.
You seem to be spot on for the point raise by you
I searched for the bare act and see that the definition of child in the act is defined as " male or female of the age of six to fourteen years"
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i agree
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Permalink Reply by Sandeep on
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I think neighborhood should have max weightage but unaided pvt schools should have some room (could be 20-30 or whatever points) to decide their own criteria from factors like alumni, sibling, girl child, transfer or whatever. After all if these schools are not being funded by the govt then they should have flexibility in deciding to some extent whom they want to admit. I agree that things like donations should be curbed (which can never happen to be honest..) and that there have to be some guidelines to avoid schools misusing their position but if the govt tries to come down on these schools then why will any pvt body set up new schools going fwd? The endeavor should be to make it much easier for pvt bodies to be inclined to set up schools/colleges to create a larger supply of seats. Additional regulations will only make their working even more tough.
It is something like saying that while applying for an entry level job where work experience is of no relevance then if all candidates have a certain qualification then we will hold a lucky draw to pick the right candidate.
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Sandeep, schools may be un-aided but they are not a charity either. School business is a profitable business. And un-aided schools have to subscribe to a government board like CBSE or ICSE. If they are not a member of a government education board, they will have a hard time finding students and in turn will not be as profitable and in the long run probably completely isolated like the modern day gyanpeeths and madarasas.
Just like a company has to comply with trade laws, schools have to comply with directions and recommendations of the government.
But again, I do not agree with introducing criteria other than proximity, distance, or neighbourhood.
The best situation is only neighbourhood criterion. The second best situation is no criteria at all (this would lead to chaos though but would still provide equal opportunity).
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Shiv, almost all schools in Delhi are not for profit technically speaking. They are run by a trust or society. I am not saying they are not profitable but they are not for profit bodies usually. I agree co's have to run by trade laws but as you very well know that deregulation is the mantra there as well, the more you regulate the more industry suffers. You have to create broad guidelines, good checks and measures and manage as far as possible demand supply gaps and then let the competition or as they say free market take its course..if you start regulating companies about how and whom to hire, where to sell at what price to sell then it will surely be bad for everyone - the employees, shareholders as well as the consumers.
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You have really taken my analogy too far. Are you suggesting kids are akin to employees or shareholders or products?
What I wanted to highlight was that being "un-aided" doesn't really mean independent of social responsibility. Those schools may be un-aided but they make money out of it. Even not for profits make money and put it to use, good or bad. So they are not in the business of charity.
Your bias against not having any criteria or having proximity as a criterion only emanates from you being a beneficiary of the current points system. I am not arguing on these lines anymore.
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