A court in the Indian capital Delhi has ordered the city's nursery
schools to come up with a new system of admissions which will do away
with interviews.
At the moment, children and their parents have to go through lengthy
interviews before being admitted into privately-run nurseries.
The court's directive came while hearing a petition from angry parents.
The schools were to submit their proposals to the court by Monday but
their lawyers have sought more time.
The Delhi High Court, which passed the directive, also said that if the
schools fail to come up with any alternatives, then it may have to
intervene.
"The court has taken a strict decision. It feels the matter has gone on
for too long without any headway," a lawyer for the petitioners, Ashok
Agarwal, said.
And now they have made up their mind that a decision has to be taken."
....a public study group, the Central Advisory Board of Education, has
suggested that the schools could follow a neighbourhood policy where
children are restricted to the schools in the area in which they live,
and then admit them through a transparent draw of lots.
A representative of the group, Radhika Menon, told the court that the
schools should not ask "non-essential" questions about parents' jobs,
salaries or the cars they own in their application forms.
She said this would help reduce "bias" in the admission process.
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When would Indian parents question the law that forces children to
attend Government recognised school in order to sit at higher education
qualifying examination?
I doubt if the savants of usenet, particularly those claiming to be
Indians will give a second thought to thev question.
Perhaps their minds have totally gone numb with Communists winning
elections in west Bengal and Kerala.
The law is a hundred years old British law that is no more valid in
britain but Indian rulers and ruling class alike are keeping their grip
on the society through the law.
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