Do you think parents CV is an important factor for getting admission in school?

Well said.As I was writing in my repsonse to Paula there are different boards of education in our school and some cater to the rural folks also whose parents are not educated. It would definitely demoralise an otherwise bright child if we put them in select premium institutions where the demand is too high.

You have also written that you have been a teacher.Now I too am one and I know how difficult it is for the child and the teacher.In our country the situation is also different with a huge population .People would call it prejudice because they think we are the fortunae lot who are able to talk like this.But i have seen students and their struggle when there is no proper support at home.

thank you for appreciating that response. some people would say it's prejudice but it really isn't.

A very good response as usual Sudipta! I too agree that income certificate need not be asked but there is not some thing terribly wrong in asking for our degree certificates.As I had written to Paula, I personally have felt the difficulty of tutoring a child that had no backing at home.Of course , things can be rectified if the child is handled right from the nursery classes but the schools that have built their reputation with great difficulty would not be willing to do this.The best thing would be to get such children enter these quality schools with some entrance test or the other.There are many good schools and only when there is a rush for these premium institutions the problem arises.

Hi Sudipta, I can understand the points you’re raised. The school authorities needed some reasons to eliminate some applications which are absolutely right. Now the private schools are so much in demand and parents wish to get the admission in reputed schools only and they are not even bothering about the fee structure. So there is a competition for getting admission. Since the interviews are banned they have to find out the alternative method of selection. At the same time the admission procedure is not transparent and depending on the qualification and emoluments of parents is a kind of disgusting. My friend who rejected from all schools also favored to the schools. Both of them are graduated but they didn’t get admission for their girl child and they have to wait one more year for trying some other school which is situated in far away place. Have a great weekend.

To your question abotu the admission critera-- THe child must be asked some questions by way of an interview.THere can also be a short period of training and then a date for an interview can be fixed.

I agree with your point Sree, but read another response by Ritchelle and you will realise what I am saying if you link it with that. What you say may be right --regarding the certificate and knowledge[all people ho are post graduates do not deserve to eb called Post graduates -from myexperience].But the probablity of gaining some cooperation from them is high.THis is why the authoriites insist on the parents' ediucation.And this would only be for the real premium institutions. People who are well educated need not worry about this.To share some personal information I was very insistent that my son be educated in a convent school but I was denied seat thAT partiuclar year in 3rd std though he is a a brilliant child and a topper.I put him in an ordinary CBSE SCHOOL but gave him all the support he needed by way of books.He si a voracious reader, and you know what a great achiever he is.He was always the best in English in his school,college and has been a great asset to all the institiutions that tutored him.THye still adore him in his college as one who has brought grat accolades to their institution.

Hi Dear Kala, I am fine dear, thank you so much for asking. I am coming to you by skipping other responses after reading your response and comments to other people. I have agreement and disagreement with you. I agree if the parents are educated well it will definitely help the kids in their studies. But my question is - do you think a certificate in hand is enough to consider as the parents are qualified. If you think so, I can tell you that it is wrong. I will tell you some examples, one of my colleagues whose education is M.A., B. Ed., if you read any of his wirings in English, I am sure that you may get a heart attack, another colleague, he started his work at young age and got a job first. He told me he graduated at the age of 35 but he was so successful in his career by his practical knowledge. (He worked with us after his retirement from CBI just for passing time). I am not saying that every people are like that but my point is possibility is there like the first case. In fact the Nursery admission in Delhi is always a subject for controversy. Earlier there was interview and many raised voice against this, finally government banned the interview. My elder son got admission through interview only, they are not asking big questions – asking kid’s name, the name of the play school they studying, then showing some pictures and asking what is that, for e.g., showing a picture of boy/girl, walking or jumping or running, they may ask what the boy/girl is doing. Sometimes they are using pictures of animals instead of a boy/girl. I think kids can easily answer the questions. Secondly about money, please don’t think that these schools are looking the quality only. I know somebody, their application got rejected and the reason, they failed to fill the application correctly later they got admission by giving a huge amount of donation to that school. So money can buy anything dear. I really appreciate your views in this regard and I know that you are telling the same from your own experience. I will tell you more stories next year (I will apply for my younger son in Nursery class in coming year). Thank you again, have a nice day.

Hi Sanjana, Here the same practice is going on, if you want to change the school irrespective of the smartness of school, the kids should pass the written test to get the admission. I think that is justifiable. Here I am telling about the nursery admission, do you think that, only the doctors or professional people can only help their kids in studies. You see nobody is uneducated and a major percentage of parents are well educated too. Suppose parents can’t support their kids (think they are not well educated) definitely they seek other source to teach their kids. Yes they should provide tuition for their kids. Actually the kids need support at home and somebody should spend time for them to revise their studies in school. I can well relate with this thing because I know the difference when I spend time with my son and vice versa. These are only reasons dear, to avoid the rush for admission. Business people can provide a good amount of money as donation and get the admission easily even if they are not well educated. So ‘money’ has its own power dear.

sree how about government school , they have to pay alot too for the entrance .. we r kind of lucky as the government schools are a lot here, i remember our fathr registering us into schools by the time we were 5 years old , way before our entrance age which was 7 years old coz he wanted us to go to the best 'government schools' ~ once the school is full for the year they wll close the entrance, people can still choose other 'lesser' famous schools ... there r many schools here

Hi Rose, You are right dear, the bitter truth is parents also wish to get admission in reputed schools only so there is a rush for admission, especially in South Delhi. One of the Principal said that, they got 3500 application forms for the admission for 115 students. According to the government’s order, admission should be provided to those students who reside near to the school (the boundary level is 8 km). But parents are not bothered about the distance and applying to every reputed schools. In my opinion parents are also responsible to make the school authorities greedier on money. Rich people are ready to give donation for admission. Have a great weekend.

Well Sree you are right...Regarding admissions ,the same condition prevails in our state also......There are too many applications for very few seats in reputed schools with the result that the rich and the influential are able to grab most of the seats.Lets hope all this will change soon and admission and education in general becomes more transparent and will not deny the common man the right to give good education to his children ....!!

Hi winky, It is indeed a business strategy and they can choose the brilliant kids for their school by checking the qualification of parents. Sometimes they will miss some brilliant students whose parents could not achieve high qualifications academically (it is another side of the story). Here I am explaining about the reputed schools in the capital city. Now the nursery admissions procedures are become a nightmare for parents. Thank you very much for the reply and sorry for late reply. Have a nice day.

Now they have stopped the same and bring necessary orders from next year.

i feel so bad and sorry for those family who will be affected by this kind of requirement. this is extremely discriminatory. lucky us here in the philippines that we don't have such kind of requirement.

Hi owlwings, I think you have analyzed from both sides and I agree with your point of views. Here the education starts from nursery and kids can continue their studies in the same school upto 12th class. So it is natural to adopt some kinds of criteria by school because they have to look on long run. Now the question is, people who are less educated, please listen here the less education does not mean that they ended up in the high school, they are graduated. Then you may ask why they rejected, the city is flooded with highly educated people, and schools are interested for kids of PhD scholars, Engineers, scientist, doctors, lecturers etc. They are less interested in business people, if you write in the application form the job is business you won’t get a call… ( I would like add that I am discussing about the local schools (private) in the capital city, not whole schools). Here my opinion is, if they want intelligent kids only, it will be better to interview kids but sad to say which is considered by the government as torturing of kids. But I don’t think that way, they are asking simple question which can easily answer by a 3 year old. Thank you very much for your views. Have a nice day.

Hello SV, Now the scenario changed, they are giving points for kids and points are determining by the distance, sibling, alumni, girl child, single parent, transferable job, adopted child etc. Another thing is school is forcing to provide some seats for Economic backward community too. Getting admission is school is a nightmare. I am on the run for an admission to my second son this time. We are getting points for distance only.. really am in great tensions.

Hi dear, I believe that every child is special. Each child has his/her own potential and special in their own way. Elders really want to find out the talents in kids at the young age and nourish it properly. Parent’s background definitely plays an important role in the child’s progress but it does not mean that they can be rejected by schools just because of their parent’s less education. Every parents wish to give good education to their kids even if they are not educated properly. It will hurt those parents who came to know that because of their lack of education their kids also getting punishment. So this discrimination should not be there and I am happy that government has taken a wise decision in this regard Here the nursery admission means the admission for upto the 12th class. In other words they can continue with the same school till they finish the 12th class. I hope now you understood why the school is making strange criteria for admission. Thank you so much for the reply and I am sorry for being late. Take care and have a nice day.

Hi salonga, Now education turned as a profitable business and they (School people) hardly bother about the feelings of parents and kids. They want to run their business successfully. It is also true that they don’t want to do compromise for the quality. If the parents are well qualified and financially sound then they can shoulder more responsibilities than the school authority. Making the new criteria simply meant that only. Every year there is some controversies regarding the nursery admission and parents depends the Court for justice. Thank you very much for your views and sorry for late reply. Have a nice day.

Hi Paula! This should be understood in context Paula! You are from a country where basic English may not be too much of a problem [you do not know the import of this in our place].In our country, English is unknown to many people but many aspire for the child to be educated in a convent school or a school of very high repute.YOu see there are many people with money but not the necessary competence to even supervise the children[once again our education system is not like what is seen abroad esp in the junior classes]read Sudipta's response ; you will understand it better.Similary in my response too I would have mentioned some boards of education.THe excellent schools follow the difficult board of education and the children , unless they are bright or have some support in school would find it difficult to compete.[Our country is one with a huge population and the competition is very severe; the teacher student ratio is not what you would imagine.]So, it becomes absolutely essential that parents have that much of competence to handle the children.Personally I have taught many students ; I was forced to advise the illiterate mother of a 7th grade child to transfer him to a school with State Board syllabus in it so that he would at least get pass marks an d get a basic qualification of a 10th grade certificate that would enable him to go to college ,get some job or the other.

Hi jazel, This is discussion is one year old and explained the situation in last year. This year this criteria is no longer exists instead school started another way of giving points. You will get for the distance, siblings, alumni, girl child, single parent, adopted child etc. If you are in general category you can’t expect admission in any school. Now I am a desperate parent, my younger son didn’t get admission in school this year. He got rejected from his brother’s school and we came to know that this school is giving fewer points for siblings and they do not provide points for distance (we come under within the particular area). All other schools are giving importance for siblings but here don’t know how they made the points. The fee is high in this school even though we applied just because of the quality. Just now I read in newspaper many parents are desperate for not getting admission in school for their kids, many of them is come under the general category.

Hi arun, Exactly the same way I am thinking. I heard the same in this city only and may be they are making more criteria for avoiding the rush in school. There are lots of schools in the city then also kids are not getting admission. Earlier they were interviewing kids, which was also cruel (at the age of 3). My elder son got admission through interview now younger is ready for school next year that is why I inquired in detail her experience and shocked to know that, parent’s professional as well as educational qualification are major criteria for admission. They are providing points for both parent’s according to their education and other qualifications. In case the parents are not qualified then kids won’t get admission… what a pity..? Thank you very much for the quick reply. Have a great day.

hi arun this is absolutely correct. now a days it is a good business and quickly money earning process to the schools. some schools is correct to motive the parents.this is helpful to childerns.

Hi dorannmwin, The reputed private schools in city always wish to keep their reputation and a desire to attain 100% success so they are testing many things including the education of parents. But they don’t know that considering the education of parents won’t be a successful landmark for finding intelligent students. I know some parents, both of them have highly qualified but their kids are struggling to pass the exam. Now the schools are confused much to find a criteria for selecting students. Let us hope some favourable changes in future. Thank you so much for your reply and have a nice day.

Hi sid556, Here the reputed private school need brilliant students only and they are checking whether the parents are able to support their kids for studies. They are charging very high amount as fees and they are expecting the major percentage of responsibilities shoulder by parents. Anyhow the government removed that criteria now let us wait what they are going to ask in next year. My second son is seeking admission in newt year so I will be able to say more. Thanks for the participate and I am sorry for the late reply. Have a great day.

Hi arthi, That is the point dear (as you said your grand mom is not educated but her kids are well educated). Now every parents wish to educate their kids at their best. If they can't teach they are ready to provide home tuition for their kids. There is another drawback among the educated parents, they must be busy with their own work/career and don’t have much time to spend for their kids. In that case they also depends tuition teachers to help their kids. So here there is no difference in between highly educated and less educated people. Thanks for the reply and I am sorry for being late. Have a nice day.

Hi amit, Actually the private schools are free to make their own criteria for admission. Later on interference of parents they are changing it in time to time. Competitions are high for admission in small class and every parents need admission for their kids in reputed schools only. School wish to select the best students and they might think that if the parent’s education back ground is high it will reflect their kids too. But it hurts so many other parents especially those who can’t complete higher level of education due to their situation. Thanks and have a nice day.

Hi sona, The admission test stopped by the government by arguing that the kids are too small to face the test or interview. The school authorities need some criteria to accept or deny the applications because they are getting huge number of applications every time. Anyway government asked to stop this thing from next year to the school authority. Thanks and have a nice day.

Hi dobstar, I agree with you, those parents may get hurt if school will deny admission to their kids due to the lack of their education. It will be really sad situation indeed. Thanks and have a nice day.

Hi phoneix, Yes the kid's intelligence is important and should be considered. They can test the intelligence of kids that will be better for the kids and the school. Thanks and have a nice day.