Nursery admissions process to begin today, schools to move SC
21 Jan 2014 12:03 AM GMT
After the High Court dismissed the plea by unaided private schools, who sought a stay on nursery admission guidelines, the appellants will now take their complaint to the Supreme Court.
According to the Padmini Singla, Directorate of Education, ‘The admission process for nursery classes will start from 21 January and the last date for submission of admission applications in schools is fixed on 5 February. Admissions will close on 31 March’. Earlier the admission process was to begin from 15 January and the last date for submitting applications was 31 January.
Education department said that the date for displaying the first list of selected candidates, including Economic Weaker Section (EWS) and Disadvantaged group category, will be on 28 February.
According to the earlier guidelines issued by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, on 18 December, 2013, various steps were taken, such as scrapping of 20 per cent management quota. The neighborhood criteria, which seeks schools to give preference to children living within a radius of six kilometers from the school, has been given maximum weightage, with 70 points out of 100 in the open category seats. Later, the L-G enhanced the criteria to eight kilometres.
RC Jain, president of Delhi State Public School Management Association says, ‘We are not happy with the decision taken by High Court to resolve the issue. The guidelines are against the principle of autonomy and recognised unaided private schools were given powers by the Central government to formulate their own admission criteria for 75 per cent of the seats’.
‘We will not go against the law and we are fully prepared to move the Supreme Court after High Court’s decision. This is because this is the question of autonomy’, he added.
Padmini Singla, reacting to this move by the school body, said, ‘They can happily move the Supreme Court. We don’t have any problem regarding this move. But according to the court every school, will have to adhere to the directions set by the High Court.’
According to the Padmini Singla, Directorate of Education, ‘The admission process for nursery classes will start from 21 January and the last date for submission of admission applications in schools is fixed on 5 February. Admissions will close on 31 March’. Earlier the admission process was to begin from 15 January and the last date for submitting applications was 31 January.
Education department said that the date for displaying the first list of selected candidates, including Economic Weaker Section (EWS) and Disadvantaged group category, will be on 28 February.
According to the earlier guidelines issued by Lieutenant Governor Najeeb Jung, on 18 December, 2013, various steps were taken, such as scrapping of 20 per cent management quota. The neighborhood criteria, which seeks schools to give preference to children living within a radius of six kilometers from the school, has been given maximum weightage, with 70 points out of 100 in the open category seats. Later, the L-G enhanced the criteria to eight kilometres.
RC Jain, president of Delhi State Public School Management Association says, ‘We are not happy with the decision taken by High Court to resolve the issue. The guidelines are against the principle of autonomy and recognised unaided private schools were given powers by the Central government to formulate their own admission criteria for 75 per cent of the seats’.
‘We will not go against the law and we are fully prepared to move the Supreme Court after High Court’s decision. This is because this is the question of autonomy’, he added.
Padmini Singla, reacting to this move by the school body, said, ‘They can happily move the Supreme Court. We don’t have any problem regarding this move. But according to the court every school, will have to adhere to the directions set by the High Court.’
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