The parents’ outcry on admission issue is valid and understood but the biggest question is that what is the real solution to this problem? Can it be designed-revised-implemented in a day? A month? An year? Couple of years? Not sure!
Three problems/issues we have been thinking for last couple of days:
- Problems that parents been facing so far?
- Problems that delhi schools faced?
- Problems that DOE/ Education Ministry faced?
We have gone through that 9 page petition and a good 35 page Ganguly Committee report (aka recommendations) and also touched briskly another two most important documents1) Delhi Education Act 1973, 2) Delhi School Education Rules 1973. It really doesn’t make sense to bang heads in suggesting changes in past/current nursery admission rules, point system and so on without really understanding all this. Mr. Ashok Agarwal and his fellow really understood the problem when he decided the file that petition, Ganguly committee also did what they were asked to do and the document really a must read for all of us.
So what now? I invite suggestions from all parents but for now we shall be focusing on planned suggestions (based on facts from past not just this year alone) rather than random suggestions as I fear this will not work until we understand the problem, issues. Rest assured that there is a system approved by DOE but unfortunately the execution was wrong and some drawbacks added to the problem, and on top of that schools have flaunted it by all means.
Parents who have good understanding of (one or more of following): Delhi Edu Act (at least section 16), Delhi School Edu Rules (at least admissions specific), Mr Ashok Agarwal's petition and decision on it, Recommendations and report prepared by Ganguly committee and not to mention this year's DOE orders, please come forward and let's meet sometime this month on weekend and brainstorm on the issues so far (history so far, this year, and future), areas of improvement, and our plan for future (feasibility, and execution)
We all have had faced it ourselves for our kids, and parents have been going thru this pain for last several years. I am sure we have professionals from all backgrounds among us.
We think the real need is to do it all differently; platform is set we are ready to give our best efforts, what you say about this whole idea? Any suggestions, questions, ideas you may have - please do share as every comment counts and it will really help everyone.
(can't think of more at 1am night but little suggestion: for now/time being, please don’t send suggestions on fixing the system, because it is important to know your opinion on this thought to begin with – a well begun is half done so let’s take a very focused approach– right is n’t it?)
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There is good comment on this and how it should be centralised in one other web site on nursery admision.
"This is exactly what is needed.
Go to a web-site. Type in your house location. Get the set of schools within a radius of 9 kms to which you qualify as a neighbourhood.
Fill in your details (which should be a superset of all details wanted by any school).
Click on say School 1, School 7 and School 15 (assume these are the schools you want to apply to).
The individual forms get filled in automatically (as per each School's desired format) from the data you had supplied earlier.
A consolidated bill , payable by credit card is generated online.
You get separate receipt printouts from each of the Schools you applied to.
You verify your original certificates with ONE authority like the Dept of Education centrally - no more driving around Delhi with originals clutched under your arm.
The moment your originals are verified, since Schools 1,7 and 15 are your choices, your interviews are scheduled on non-clashing dates.
Then you appear for the interactions.
On a single designated day, you presented with a list of schools your child was selected in.
You choose one of the school and pay its fees by credit card. Neither do you block seats in any school on a anticipatory basis nor do you pay fees in three places just to be safe.
You walk out.
Smiling.
Utopia."
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