Asserting that his government had no intention in “interfering” in daily matters of schools, chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Sunday asserted that the move to scrap management quota for nursery admissions in private schools has thrown open 50 per cent extra seats for common people.
He also said that the Delhi government will “think” about online admissions for 75 per cent open seats next year. “The Delhi government has made school admissions totally transparent. Scrapping management quota, which were used to oblige recommendations of politicians, government functionaries and powerful people, has opened up nearly 50 per cent extra seats for common man,” Mr Kejriwal said during an interaction with parents seeking admissions for their wards.
The AAP government has “cut its own hands” by doing so as the admission process will now take place in a transparent manner without any recommendations, he said. “We are not going to benefit from it and the government and the chief minister have rather cut our own hands otherwise our volunteers would bring recommendations and we would be doling out seats for admissions,” he said.
Replying to complaints and suggestions of parents seeking admission for their children, Mr Kejriwal said the management quota and 62 criteria for admissions were scrapped, as they were not “reasonable, fair and transparent.”
“We believed in schools and allowed them to upload their admission criteria by December 31. But some of the schools betrayed our faith and reserved up to 75 per cent seats through these criteria and various quota like alumni and sibling quota.”
The chief minister said that the admissions to 25 per cent seats under EWS quota were also riddled with irregularities and the government has now made this process online. “They will have no better government than this one if they want to do good things but they will realise that there is no worse government if they indulge in irregularities,” Mr Kejriwal warned.
“Now, the schools will not have their say on the issue. Those who will not follow guidelines and rules will be decrecognised,” Mr Kejriwal said, adding that his government had no intention of “interfering” in their day-to-day affairs.
