Many CBSE-affiliated schools in Bhubaneswar have reportedly started admissions for +2 even before the 10th examination results are published. Moreover, they clearly rule out refund of admission fees in case a student fails the 10th examination.
Though the evaluation of papers is yet to begin, some of the schools have already completed their +2 admissions while the rest intend to wrap it up byApril 15. Notably, the entrance test of for the admission to these schools was conducted in March last week itself. While the schools are doing it clearly to maximise admission to their schools and to retain their current students, the CBSE authorities and School and Mass Education Department are sitting idle.
The schools charge Rs1,000 on an average for just the admission forms. Given that almost 1,500-2,000 students appear for the entrance examination, the amount raised from just the admission test works out to a neat Rs15 to 20 lakhs. Then there is the admission proper, which costs an average of Rs50, 000 in any decent CBSE school. The amount collected from admissions thus is too mouth-watering a prospect for the schools to let go of.
Meanwhile some of the school authorities maintained that most of these students score CGPA 9 or 10 during internal exams and there is no way they are going to fail. However, they stated that they would not be able to refund the money if a student fails as we reserve the seat for him.
It was alleged that though the CBSE and School and Mass Education Department are aware, but they never interfered in such issues. Meanwhile, CBSE higher authorities, however, assured to take action if the guardian of any student complains about the refund and attributed the early admission to lack of specific guidelines.