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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 Akshat on
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@ Stuti. What you have failed to understand is this whole concept of 'good' and 'bad' school. Tell me one school which is 'good' but has no kids from influential and moneyed class. Once the 'area only' concept comes, these classes will be forced to send their kids to neighbourhood schools and all schools will become 'good'.
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Stuti, eminent people can be wrong sometimes. The current points system is clearly discriminatory, unfair. It does not provide equal opportunity to all.
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@Shiv - I did not want to react to what you wrote but I would like to point out a few issues that will not get resolved if distance is the only criteria.
1) Most good Schools are near affluent areas and distance will actually help people with multiple residences. I am one of them so I actually benefit from this change
2) Where people reside cannot be determined to any satisfaction and I can show people with different addresses on ration cards, Election IDs and passports. These people can apply to 3 different schools and be eligible for distance benefits from all 3
3) Rent Agreements are the easiest to forge - ask any salaried employee who takes tax exemption on HRA
4)How is it fair to a child of 3 years if their parents live in Dwarka to be denied admission to a school in Vasant Vihar? Is this not parent profii\ling?
The answer lies in centralised admission and schooling standards. Why dont you put your child in a Govt School? They have the best locations but the worst teaching standards.
I will oppose the HC verdict if they deny my ward admission to a good school. She has as much RTE as any one else. No one can play a lottery with her future as long as there is legal recourse available.
And I have as much right to voice my opinion as any one else, even if I am an interested party
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Permalink Reply by Sandeep on
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@ Yogesh I agree with you hands down. While we all agree that there are gaps in the current system but resorting to a lottery to decide where a child will study for 12 yrs of his or her life in todays day and age seems like a joke. It also goes to show that we are as a system not willing to correct the weaknesses so are saying that lets have a lucky draw and decide....the same rationale could be applicable to so many things in India where there is a demand supply gap. Do we start holding lotteries while taking admissions in hospitals as well where beds are scarce?
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So basically you are saying "Hey Shiv, this works me, I am a beneficiary of this system...so I don't wanna change this, and I don't care if the current points system screws over so many other parents"
What if you were a victim of the same points system? You clearly have some advantage in the points game that makes you aspire to apply to distant reputed schools - like sibling points, like transferable job points etc etc. What if you didn't have an advantage, can you then sir still hope to admit your daughter to a distant but reputed school? I'll tell you, you can hope but it wont happen. I am sure you have seen enough school admission lists to know those are full of folks with sibling, transferable job points and whatchamacallit.
Just like you have an opportunity to apply to a distant but reputed school, your neighbours should also have the same opportunity. That's what we are talking about. You do not have a special right. Everybody should have the same chance of success and the same chance of failure.
And we don't stop making laws just because we are afraid people will break them. Laws are broken all the time. But laws are followed even in a larger magnitude all the time.
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@Yogesh. I would try to discuss your opinion point by point:
1)Most good Schools are near affluent areas and distance will actually help people with multiple residences. I am one of them so I actually benefit from this change
My view: Those owning multiple residences are very few, maybe .001%. Therefore, this is more of an exception than the norm. If somebody somewhere benefits from this, let it be. Regarding 'good' and 'bad' schools, you can see my previous postings on this board.
2) Where people reside cannot be determined to any satisfaction and I can show people with different addresses on ration cards, Election IDs and passports. These people can apply to 3 different schools and be eligible for distance benefits from all 3
My view: Where people reside can be easily found via physical/neighbour checks coupled with documentation. The schools can do this at the final list stage where the number of cases tackled would be less.
3) Rent Agreements are the easiest to forge - ask any salaried employee who takes tax exemption on HRA
My view: Pls refer to reply to point 2
4)How is it fair to a child of 3 years if their parents live in Dwarka to be denied admission to a school in Vasant Vihar? Is this not parent profii\ling?
My view: This is not parent profiling. The only effort is to send the kid to nearby school and give all kids in an area an equal chance
As for having a centralised admission system, I am totally with you. As for putting my child in govt school, I am ready if the 'area only' criteria is followed
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Pls take example of Delhi... Neighbourhood criteria.
Parent A lives in Nangloi / najafgarh & Parent B lives in RK Puram.
RTE as all are saying has "equal rights for each kid".
Then why the kid of A can not apply in say DPS RK Puram. Many are saying that child will be physically tired while travelling... What if parent A gives undertaking that he will shift to RK Puram if his child is admitted in the school of his choice.
To be honest, in next 12 years I may have to change my residence 2 or 3 times. What then ?
Also EWS and general -- there should not be any such category... since all are equal.
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There are no 'good' and 'bad' schools in Western countries because they follow the area system
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@Stuti. Thanks a lot for finally agreeing with the 'distance only' view
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neighborhood needs to be checked carefully. for example most good schools are in saket and vasant kunj. people can move there just before admissions and then clain neighborhood points leaving out persons who do not or cannot shift. however, there will be some geniune transfer cases and original residents are there. If you want to fake, you can fake anything so no method is foolproof but neighborhood seems to be best.
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Transferable job certificates can be forged using a home based printer and a little common sense. But most people choose not to do that. Of course, I am not saying all those who forge documents are successful.
Have some faith in people's honesty. Not everybody is a crook.
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