Surpassing the new nursery admission guidelines for 2014-15 approved by lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, some schools in the Capital have come up with their own rules for admission with absolutely different parameters and point allocation.
In violation of the fixed-point system as instructed by the Directorate of Education, a school in Rohini has displayed on its website a completely different criteria chart for nursery admissions in the coming session.
VSPK International School, Rohini, on its website has displayed the points allotted to various parameters, in violation of the guidelines. While the DoE directed 70 points to the neighbourhood parameter, the school has allocated 30 points for the same.
The school has allotted bizarre points to other parameters also in violation of the issued guidelines. “These schools are completely ignoring the guidelines and a strict action must be taken against them. It’s shocking to see such non-abidance on the part of a few schools which are going against the standard rules,” said Sumit Vohra, Founder of Admissionsnursery.com.
The VSPK International on its website has allotted 30 points to neighbourhood, 20 to siblings, 15 points to boy child, 20 points to girl, 10 points each to alumni/single parent, transfer cases and single child. This measure by the school flouts the recently-issued guidelines by the DoE which have allotted 70 points to neighbourhood, 20 points to siblings, and five points each to alumni and inter-state transfer cases. The school authorities were not available for comment.
Recently, BGS International School in Dwarka had also made changes in the criteria for admission. Flouting the guidelines which directed 70 points to children living within 8 kilometers from the school, BGS extended the limit to 15 kilometers. “BGS School had wrongly extended the neighbourhood distance to 15 kilometers and decided that children between 6-8 kilometers would be given 50 points, and the points will be given like this till 15 kilometers. However, they fell in line after we pursued this matter and pointed it out to them,” said activist Vohra.