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HINDU~16 JAN ~Parents worst sufferers in admission drama| SUMIT VOHRA

Nervous parents whose children are seeking admission to nursery this year claim that the Delhi Government, court proceedings and the schools are making them rework their office schedule and keeping them virtually on tenterhooks.

“I will have to plead with my boss again for another day off with the High Court reserving the judgment on the new nursery admission guidelines again on Wednesday,” said Tarun Jit Singh.

“I had kept everything ready. My leave was scheduled. But, there is no clarity either on the part of the government or schools on when the admission process will begin. I am fed up calling up schools and checking their websites about the admission schedule. I can not always pester my boss for a leave,” Ms. Singh said.

As the new norms were laid down by Lieutenant-Governor Najeeb Jung on December 18 for nursery admissions for the year 2014-15, a group of private schools filed a petition against them in the High Court alleging the guidelines as a “hindrance in their functioning”.

Earlier, the admissions were scheduled to begin from January 15, but on Monday, January 13, the High Court deferred the case for a final judgment on Wednesday.

With the High Court reserving its judgment and not fixing a particular date for it, parents say that the logjam between the government and schools is causing deep mental agony to them.

“The government should have come up with the norms in March-April. The less time has made things complicated for us. I am upset with whatever is going on. The parents are the worst sufferers, as nothing goes according to plan,” said a parent Kusum Sachdeva.

Social activist and founder of the website www.admissionsnursery.com, Sumit Vohra said the authorities concerned should frame a conclusive policy for nursery admissions so that admissions take place on their scheduled time.

“From the last three-four years, nursery admissions have always been a bone of contention. The various issues regarding admissions do not trouble anyone else than the parents,” said the activist.

Mr. Vohra alleged that schools are only fighting for management quota and are not worried about the difficulties parents are made to go through.

Meanwhile, a mixed response prevailed among the principals of various private schools regarding the alleged infringement of autonomy of the schools by these guidelines.

“Each school has a different character and a vision for itself and its students. Due to these guidelines, the schools might be facing the problem in their functioning and an intrusion in their autonomy. However, these guidelines shouldn’t be seen as an attack and the neighbourhood criterion can’t be refuted as it is an important point,” said Sanskriti School principal Abha Sehgal.

“As per the Supreme Court judgment delivered in 2002 and also the High Court’s approval of the Ganguly Committee report, the private-unaided schools have the fundamental right to select and admit students in their institutions on the basis of the self-framed and transparent guidelines. The new guidelines take away the autonomy and have reduced the schools to merely post offices. The Lieutenant-Governor has no jurisdiction to take away the autonomy of these schools,” said Action Committee advocate Kamal Gupta.

According to a Delhi Public School RKP PRINCIPAL, there is always a principal body, management committee and a society to govern the school. “We at Delhi Public School follow our society’s and management committee’s guidelines. However, we will follow the High Court judgment. The Court is the best institution to decide in the interest of the students and the system.”

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Permalink Reply by Maneesh on January 16, 2014 at 12:21pm

While the ambiguity and delays are frustrating, I hope we are able to establish a robust system this time. While going through the current litigation, I was amazed to realize that minority schools reserve seats for specific (minority) sections of society. I wonder when would majority schools wake up :) and start discouraging minority sections from applying! High time, India wakes up and starts taking decisions logically vs. trying to appease vote banks.

As I understand, many parents were happy with the guidelines released by LG’s office but I have a different take:

1) No Management Quota: Good Move

2) Neighborhood Points: 70 points for 8 KM. Intent is right. Neighborhood is the most logical factor while granting admissions provided it can live to the intent. 8 KM is a huge radius and covers a population of around 20 Lakh people in Delhi. In the presence of other criteria’s like sibling, alumni & transfer; points for distance loose its charm. Having 70 points for distance cannot guarantee admission and would simply increase the cut off to 75 or 80+ points. Some seats left would be contested through lucky draws.

3) Sibling: 20 Points: While I am against any preferential system, it’s logical for parents to have both kids in the same school. It’s fair provided we have equivalent points for First Child/Single Child. There are countries that encourage 1 child policy to control population and India must desperately adopt similar practices to curb the growing population. For India, I would vouch for a system that gives extra points to parents with only one child.

4) Alumni: 5 Points: It’s a joke. Since I could not study in a good school, my children should also suffer! This criterion is a pure nonsense to me and I couldn’t appreciate any logical benefit of this factor.

5) Transfer Case: 5 Points: It’s stupid. While it’s logical for a transfer case to get benefit during the middle of the year when the school sessions are on but giving any benefit for fresh admissions at the start of the session is completely foolish. Why should a transfer case get weightage over permanent residents for nursery admissions? These points would also be falsely used by many parents working with private companies. How difficult is it for a private limited firm to produce a transfer letter for one of the directors.

If we want the system to be fair for all, we can only rely on neighborhood points and lucky draws. Any other criteria in addition to these would only increase the cut-off and biases.

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Permalink Reply by Pankaj D on January 16, 2014 at 12:36pm

I agree with Maneesh as due to the criteria of admission my son would get only 70 Points. He won't be getting any points other than Neighborhood criteria.

For some the criteria maybe advantageous but it isn't good for us. :(

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Permalink Reply by monika on January 16, 2014 at 1:17pm

I m also in d same boat only child dont hav any pts n almost every1 wl get 70 pt wats d pt of neighbourhod

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Permalink Reply by Vishwas Bhagwani on January 16, 2014 at 12:52pm

Schools have been dominating admission process for a while and now when things are going in favour of parents and children they are trying to fight for what they call 'justice and liberty' which is actually the way to cheat commoners by illegally demanding money in the name of xyz funds which is why this chaos is not coming to an end and parents are suffering so much.

A parent who has been a topper of a reputed school can't get his child admitted since he can't pay huge money that these schools illegally demand without even checking the caliber and background child belongs to and they simply want parents who can fulfill their illegitimate demands.

Dont understand why they are saying that schools are being reduced to post office with new guidelines just because they want their own criteria to be implemented so that they can drive things in their own favour.

Its time to stop this monopolistic attitude of these schools and court needs to address concerns of parents and help transform these profit making business organizations back into schools and educational institutions which should work sincerely for society and not personal benifits only.

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Permalink Reply by Vishwas Bhagwani on January 16, 2014 at 2:51pm

I agree, 1st child girl or a boy should actually get maximum points since its right of atleast one and first child to get proper education.

Moreover why girl child need extra points or reservation for that matter..all children are equal. On one hand we talk about eleminating gender discrimination then why we are promoting it instead ? Those who dont believe in education will not get their children admitted in school anyways be it boy or a girl.

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Permalink Reply by Deepanshu Arora on January 16, 2014 at 3:13pm

dekho inhe yeh hain, osson ki boondein
patton ki god mein ye, aasmaan se koode
angdayi le phir, karvat badal kar
naazuk se moti, hass dein fisal kar
kho na jaayein yeh….
taare zameen par….

Nursery Admission Delhi 2014-15

Dear High Court please be vigilant in giving your verdict. There's are lot which depends on your verdict.

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Permalink Reply by Praveen Vashist on January 16, 2014 at 3:31pm

Last date should also be extended and also the registration timings as well. Some schools sell forms from 9 to 12pm which is not adequate depending upon the high number of applications for admission.