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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 1z2aiilzxecjv on
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I think Neighborhood policy is the right policy. Even in advanced countries like Japan, US, UK school admissions are done purely on neighborhood criteria. In US they have a concept of school district and push for students from neighborhood only and even property prices go up for the areas which have good schools. On the similar lines you have concept of community colleges. I would never send my child to a school which is far from my home till he/she is 10 years old.
Schools should do surprise home visits to verifiy the addresses. The concept has to be neighborhood based only so if you shift your residence you should shift your child's school so that he/she is not forced to travel distances at such tender age. As for fake rentals - god help those who want to start their children's education on lies. I completely agree with fellow boarders that this govt has completely failed in getting its basics right on everything. If you start thinking on 1000's of parameters you can never formulate the right policy or set of rules. The policy forumulation should be on basics like the pressure on child (4+ age only), risk involved in travel etc..
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Permalink Reply by Sandeep on
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Rahul, I had decided to not write any more comments on this issue but could not help writing when I read your post. You need to get your facts rights. It is VERY COMMON for schools in UK (and maybe even US) to give preference to siblings of children who are already studying in their school. Yes neighborhood is given importance but there are other criteria as well that they use if they have more than 1 child with the same'credentials' vying for the same seat. It is very very rare for them to have lucky draws....
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Permalink Reply by Umesh on
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@Sandeep - I think Rahul made some very profound points. The crux of his argument was keeping the basics right. But you are discrediting his view point by pointing out a triviality. And this doesn't mean that I am tacitly agreeing that you are correct.
You are clearly not an advocate of equal opportunity. While a parent's anxiety over sending both their children to the same school is understandable, what is not understandable is using the sibling points to deprive others of the opportunity to even seek admission in the same school.
Needs before wants. That's the rule. In a country with such a huge gap between supply and demand, we should prioritize needs before wants.
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@Stuti - We have to make a start somewhere :-) You don't expect the 20 or 30 good schools in Central and South Delhi to cater to the entire populace in Delhi, now do you?
4 lakh kids against 5000 'good' seats.
If the neighbourhood concept is implemented, all schools would be compelled to develop.
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I dont think there is any thing stopping schools from developing today also. I see no compelling reason for them to develop and invest just because the kids from the neighbourhood study there.
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I'll take the example of DPS Dwarka which was quoted in this website. 116 out of the 117 shortlisted for verification where those who had sibling or alumni points.
If you see the points closely you'll find that all 117 had 20 or 25 points in distance also. Which meant that all lived with in the "Neighbourhood" only.
So technically DPS Dwarka has taken all the kids from the neighbourhood only. Its just within the neighbourhood people with alumni or sibling have got admission.
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What is the fault of kids having first child+neighbourhood points that they were not considered for the draw?
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I completely agree with the fact that under given circumstances neighborhood is the best criteria and further draw of lots can be done. As far as the point is concerned that we find that even though the school is far it is better, the current system anyways does not leave us with the choice of school. I wanted my child to study in Mother's International and i am in Malviya Nagar. I got only 30 points for neighborhood. So my child cannot go to neighborhood school since there are children getting benefit of Siblings (30 points) and Alumni (10 points). Is it our fault if we are now in Delhi and our education was done in any other city.
Every school has different points for Alumni, some schools does not even count you as an alumni if you have studied from Nursery till Xth and havent passed XIIth from that school. Each school on its own.
I read the post of parents mentioning we got through in 2-3 schools, please advise which is better and at the same time even after applying in 38 schools we haven't got through even a single school so far.
Last but definitely not the least, the system should be centralized. Every school should follow same point system and one common form should be submitted for all.
As much said and done, we are waiting patiently for second and third list since i would not pay money to get in any school that we consider "better". THE FIRST SCHOOL OF A CHILD IS HOME, TEACH HIM GOOD THINGS, HE WILL DO GOOD DEEDS.
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Sharmaji, it is sad that you have taken to twisting Mr Agarwal's comments. When he said drop the distance criteria he was only following up on what he had said just before that. He had said there should be no screening at all based on alumni, transfer and other points and all should get equal chance. And if at all the government wants it can drop the area points also but retain the lottery. Regarding the Kejriwal point you raised, somebody can say the same about you--"Don't take Amitabh Sharma seriously because he is not a member of the Kejriwal party". You may not agree with the ideology and programmes of a certain party, but that doesn't mean you stop taking its members "seriously".
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Umesh, I think the difference between our and Stuti's way of thinking is that of short-term gains and long-term solutions.
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