NEW DELHI: Those seeking nursery admission for their daughters are in a particularly good position this year.
Now 5% of total nursery seats in private unaided schools will be reserved for girls, and will be filled through a draw-of-lots "out of all registered girl applicants residing within 6km".
While some parents and schools have welcomed this move, authorities of schools with already healthy sex ratios in classrooms are wondering how a separate quota will help.
"With these 5% seats being filled through lottery, many parents will get a chance to send their daughters to schools," says Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com. But "once again, the boys are getting left behind" in the system, he adds.
Mamta Bhatt, head of corporate communications at Rockland Hospitals questions this 'bias'. "This is injustice. Is it a crime that our first and only child is a boy? As a child to parents who studied outside Delhi, my son will not get any points for alumni and sibling. And to add to our woes, there will be 5% quota for girls?" she says.
Earlier, many schools would allocate points - typically 5 though there was the odd one assigning as many as 20 to a girl child. Jyoti Bose, principal, Springdales, Dhaula Kuan accepts this measure saying, "The sex-ratio in south Delhi is skewed and female foeticide is also highest in this area."
But other principals wonder how this means a step forward for their specific institutions. "In schools like ours, the clientele don't differentiate between boys and girls," argues Madhulika Sen, principal, Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, "So this is very unfair to the citizens. Within 10km radius of my school, there are seven girls' schools already. This is flawed."
Tania Joshi, principal of The Indian School, isn't against this provision either but argues that such measures are "more appropriate for government schools."
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Now 5% of total nursery seats in private unaided schools will be reserved for girls, and will be filled through a draw-of-lots "out of all registered girl applicants residing within 6km".
While some parents and schools have welcomed this move, authorities of schools with already healthy sex ratios in classrooms are wondering how a separate quota will help.
"With these 5% seats being filled through lottery, many parents will get a chance to send their daughters to schools," says Sumit Vohra of admissionsnursery.com. But "once again, the boys are getting left behind" in the system, he adds.
Mamta Bhatt, head of corporate communications at Rockland Hospitals questions this 'bias'. "This is injustice. Is it a crime that our first and only child is a boy? As a child to parents who studied outside Delhi, my son will not get any points for alumni and sibling. And to add to our woes, there will be 5% quota for girls?" she says.
Earlier, many schools would allocate points - typically 5 though there was the odd one assigning as many as 20 to a girl child. Jyoti Bose, principal, Springdales, Dhaula Kuan accepts this measure saying, "The sex-ratio in south Delhi is skewed and female foeticide is also highest in this area."
But other principals wonder how this means a step forward for their specific institutions. "In schools like ours, the clientele don't differentiate between boys and girls," argues Madhulika Sen, principal, Tagore International School, Vasant Vihar, "So this is very unfair to the citizens. Within 10km radius of my school, there are seven girls' schools already. This is flawed."
Tania Joshi, principal of The Indian School, isn't against this provision either but argues that such measures are "more appropriate for government schools."
Original NEWS Source:- http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/education/news/Delhi-nursery-admissions-5-of-seats-for-girls-unfair-deal-for-boys/articleshow/27612628.cms?
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