For parents staying in areas with fewer "good" private schools, the options are few, and existing institutions will also have to cater to a much larger number of applicants. Another section of parents is unhappy about the points allocated to the 'sibling' and 'alumni' categories - 20 and five, respectively.
Parents argue that in a city like Delhi, 6km is too little. "I am disappointed and worried. I stay in Naraina Vihar where I have only two options. Springdales, Kirti Nagar, is one but they are already catering to Ramesh Nagar, Kirti Nagar, Mansarovar Garden...even Rajouri Garden and Naraina Vihar. The Delhi Cantonment schools are a good 10km away," says a hassled mother. She had been counting on points for a first child but that criterion no longer exists. The 20 points allowed to siblings of kids already enrolled in the schools will not help those living beyond 6km as the neighbourhood factor is far weightier .
Most parents would have accepted a more graded system of assigning points instead of a fixed 70 points for children living within 6km. They feel in a sprawling city like Delhi, it doesn't make sense to have 6km as the limit. Also, as another parent pointed out, the guidelines which are stringent in all other respects, allow the school to decide whether the 6 km will be identified on the basis of "aerial or road distance". The choice of "road distance" will further shrink the area covered.
"I already drive 11km to drop my kid to playschool and have no problem doing it. If parents are willing to take charge of dropping and picking up their kids, the government should not interfere," says a parent.
Added to it is the 5% quota for girls that is troubling some of the parents who have a single boy child. Pankaj Mishra, a resident of Mayur Vihar Phase II, says, "In my phase there is just one school. Within 6km there are just five but it's a densely populated area. My child is not eligible for admission to schools beyond this area but he won't get alumni or sibling points either. Added to it is the 5% quota for girls."
However, most parents are pleased with the abolishing of the management quota and feel it has improved their chances of getting a seat. "I stay in a neighbourhood where there are 'good' schools and I'm likely to get 70 points. My child is a girl and, therefore, eligible for the 5% quota. Although there is no guarantee, chances are definitely better this year as even the management seats are now in the open category," said Dr Arnab Dasgupta of Max Super Speciality, Saket.
Kusum Sachdeva, a Moti Nagar resident, however, is pleased with the changes. "We have several schools within the 6km radius and we are getting the 70 points. But we are also a bit wary as the schools may resist," she says.
(Names of some parents who wished to remain anonymous have been withheld)
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