With the Delhi High Court order quashing the Lieutenant-Governor’s guidelines on nursery admissions, private unaided schools in the Capital are a happy lot.
However, the schools have now been asked to stick to the Ganguly Committee recommendations. As per the recommendations, points are allotted to students on the basis of categories like educational background of parents, a sibling studying in the school and neighbourhood, among others.
The Committee had also granted more autonomy to schools in deciding the admission procedure in case of an issue at some point.
Springdales Principal Ameeta Wattal said: “This is a landmark judgment. It is very clear that the no one was happy with the guidelines brought in last year and the Court has taken cognizance of the fact. A lot of points were given to the neighbourhood category and parents were being harassed because of that. With the new guidelines, parents can now breathe a sigh of relief.”
With the Court giving schools autonomy in the admission process, Ms. Wattal added that all private schools must act responsibly.
“It is a big thing that the High Court had faith in private schools. Now the schools must live up to its expectations and ensure no malpractices take place during admissions.”
Ahlcon International School Principal Ashok Pandey agreed: “I am happy that the High Court has vindicated the stand of the schools, but at the same time it has given a lot more responsibility to us. Now if something goes wrong during the admission procedure, we cannot blame anyone. We will have to be very careful while admitting students.”
Commenting on some parents’ apprehensions about schools misusing their authority, Vasant Valley School Principal Rekha Krishnan said: “If parents do not trust schools, then they probably should not admit their children in a school for the next 13 years.”
