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Vegetarian, Non-Drinker, Non-Smoker? It Will Be Easier For Your Kids To Get Nursery Admission In Delhi Schools
Swarajya Staff
Dec 19, 2018, 11:25 AM | Updated 11:24 AM IST
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Some private schools in Delhi have come up with new criteria for nursery admissions, where-in they give points to children whose parents are are vegetarian, non-alcoholic, freelancers, have done original research among others, reports The New Indian Express.
According to the report, the criteria set up by these schools are in clear violation of the Delhi government’s guidelines of nursery admissions. Apart from mandatory reservation of 25 per cent of seats for students of economically weaker sections (EWS) and disadvantaged groups, private schools can admit other students according to a set of criteria.
To discourage schools from selecting any arbitrary criteria, Delhi’s Directorate of Education (DoE) had last month issued a list of 50 disallowed points including vegetarianism, social/noble cause, first-come-first-get, non-alcoholic, non-smoker parent and declaration of parents’ education among others. The DoE reasoned them as “unfair, unreasonable and non-transparent”.
However various schools are allocating points on the disallowed parameters, thereby flouting DoE’s guidelines. Sumit Vohra, founder of an online forum for parent community told that a high court order bans schools from even screening parents occupation, PAN, income and other details.
He added that a complaint has been sent by him to the DoE against schools that make Aadhaar compulsory in violation of the Supreme Court’s order.
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