Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday alleged that private schools were spreading “confusion” about the government’s decision to scrap management quota in nursery admissions, even as he assured parents that they won’t face any hurdles.
Sisodia, who also holds education portfolio, said that the schools can make admissions as per their own “reasonable criteria system”, but there should be transparency and fairness in the process. “Confusion is deliberately being spread that parents will have to face problems in getting their child admitted to schools due to government’s decision to scrap management quota.
“Some private schools are confusing parents that government has also scrapped points of girl child and siblings,” he told reporters here. He said the registration process for admission has started from January 1 and will continue till January 22 and schools can not do assessment during this period.
“Government has given time to private schools for assessment from January 22 to February 5,” he said.
Meanwhile, private schools in Delhi are still undecided over their next step following Delhi government’s announcement of scrapping nursery admissions under management quota and would seek legal opinion before arriving at a decision.
A decision could not be reached on Friday in a meeting of Action Committee for Unaided Private Schools of which 400 reputed schools are members. Though the members resolved to take up the matter with their legal cell to decide on further strategy.
“Private schools are not agitated over scrapping of the management quota but the larger question here is of autonomy which has been guaranteed to us by the Supreme Court and the Constitution. We held a meeting today and it was decided that the matter be referred to our legal cell,” said S K Bhattacharya, president of the Action Committee.
“We might move court against the decision, we might adopt a different stand. It will be clear in a day or two after consultations with the legal cell,” he added. In a far-reaching decision, the government had earlier scrapped management quota and all other reservations except the EWS category in private schools for nursery admissions and warned that erring institutions can be taken over by the Education department. The Action Committee, that had moved court in 2014 after LG Najeeb Jung had notified the scrapping of quota then, said the matter is sub-judice and hence, the announcement amounts to “contempt of court”.