Parents feel battle won, but nursery war on

NEW DELHI: For parents with 70 neighbourhood points, the battle is only half won. The group of parents, which had challenged the lieutenant governor's decision to include interstate transfer cases in the nursery admission parameters and assign it five points, had also demanded that the seats meant for alumni and the sibling category applicants—accorded five and 20 points respectively—be limited to a fixed number.

"That's one demand met," says Anubhuti Bhattacharya, a 70-pointer, "But, we don't want to be in a situation where the space vacated by transfer cases is taken over by the alumni and sibling ones. We could still be left out of a draw." The group plans to make fresh representations to both the LG and the Directorate of Education. "The withdrawal of transfer points may have improved our chances but there are schools where all the seats may be filled by alumni and siblings," says Sudhanshu Jain, another parent. "We will be submitting our representation in a day or two."

This group has been protesting constantly over the past few weeks. Though it was initially pleased with the large number of points assigned to distance—that is, all kids within 8km—once admissions began, the parents discovered that their 70 points didn't count at all. The number of applicants claiming to be transfer cases was so overwhelming that this group found itself left out of draws—most schools held draws for applicants with a minimum of 75 points. They questioned the logic of privileging those from outside Delhi over those living in the city for years; they also alleged that several transfer cases were fake.

"I wish the court or the department had done something about the fake cases instead of withdrawing the category," says Anuj Gupta, who had applied in the transfer category. He had changed jobs and moved his family from Singapore to Delhi so his son could attend a school here. "I took the decision because the international schools in Singapore are too expensive and the local ones have Mandarin as the medium of instruction. I came here as till last year, many schools were offering points for transfer." Gupta applied to 44 schools, got confirmation from three, and is now back to square one.

The ranks of 70 pointers will now swell drastically, calling for redraws. "I have got a seat in one school even with my 70 points," says a parent, "I don't know if I'll be allowed to keep that seat and participate in other draws or if that admission will be nullified as well."

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