Nursery admissions: Parents now allowed to record lottery process
17 Jan 2014 11:32 PM GMT
In addition to this, observers have been appointed to record the process on the school campus.
A senior government official on condition of anonymity said, ‘Taking a note of regular complaints made by parents who were not allowed to carry their mobile phones to the venue, we are not only allowing them to carry cell phones during the course of admission, but also allowing them to record the lottery process if they feel like.’
‘It’s true that parents were barred from going in with their mobile phones. But, yes, we have allowed them to carry phones along with them from now on. Now, there will not be any ban on carrying mobile phones inside schools during the course of the admission process,’ Padmini Singla, directorate of education told Millennium Post.
‘To ensure transparency in the lottery system in admission of Economically Weaker Sections/Disadvantaged Category candidates, the draw of lottery will be in the presence of parents and an observer not below the rank of vice principal will be deputed by the directorate. The process has to be video graphed as well. The date to display the first admission list will be common for all schools,’ Singla added.
The AAP-led government has taken numerous steps to improve transparency in the process for nursery admissions. On 7 January, an order was issued by the Directorate of Education to all education officers at private unaided schools, to put up a flex board, which would help streamline the process of nursery admissions.
To address the complaints by parents regarding nursery admissions, these flex boards have to be put up at the main entrance of each private unaided schools.
According to the order, ‘all education officers are directed to put up a flex board at the main entrance. The board will carry the name, zone number, office address, office telephone and mobile number of the education officer. The particulars on the board will be written in white and must be bilingual (Hindi and English)’.
A senior government official on condition of anonymity said, ‘Taking a note of regular complaints made by parents who were not allowed to carry their mobile phones to the venue, we are not only allowing them to carry cell phones during the course of admission, but also allowing them to record the lottery process if they feel like.’
‘It’s true that parents were barred from going in with their mobile phones. But, yes, we have allowed them to carry phones along with them from now on. Now, there will not be any ban on carrying mobile phones inside schools during the course of the admission process,’ Padmini Singla, directorate of education told Millennium Post.
‘To ensure transparency in the lottery system in admission of Economically Weaker Sections/Disadvantaged Category candidates, the draw of lottery will be in the presence of parents and an observer not below the rank of vice principal will be deputed by the directorate. The process has to be video graphed as well. The date to display the first admission list will be common for all schools,’ Singla added.
The AAP-led government has taken numerous steps to improve transparency in the process for nursery admissions. On 7 January, an order was issued by the Directorate of Education to all education officers at private unaided schools, to put up a flex board, which would help streamline the process of nursery admissions.
To address the complaints by parents regarding nursery admissions, these flex boards have to be put up at the main entrance of each private unaided schools.
According to the order, ‘all education officers are directed to put up a flex board at the main entrance. The board will carry the name, zone number, office address, office telephone and mobile number of the education officer. The particulars on the board will be written in white and must be bilingual (Hindi and English)’.
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