Delhi scraps management quota in Nursery admissions

Today Delhi government has scrapped management quota in nursery admissions. Schools are saying that it is contempt of court because court have uphold management quota previously. I would like to say that if management of the school wants to make money than they can increase fee to students why they want to sell seats in black market in return of bribe. This quota is more harmful for country then social responsibility quota for SC/ST. In case of quota seats are reserved for weaker section and it is said that it is leading to starvation for meritocracy. Incompetent people are moving forward and general category people are held back. But how comes reservation for forward and rich people be allowed? How come reservation for poor is bad and reservation for rich people good? Management seats are distributed to relatives of management people. The remaining seats are sold for a bribe. This problem is not only there in Nursery admissions but in collages also. This quota for rich people must be stopped before quota for poor people is stopped.

Delhi scraps management quota in Nursery admissions

The Hindu Updated: January 7, 2016 02:05 IST

Arvind Kejriwal calls it the "biggest scandal" in the education sector

In a move that will benefit a large number of people struggling with the nursery admission of their children, the Delhi government has scrapped management quota and all other quotas except for the Economically Weaker Section (EWS).

Announcing the decision on Wednesday, the Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal referred to management quota as the “biggest scandal” in education sector in the country. He said that the government would not be a mute spectator to it and the schools that failed to scrap the quota could be taken over by the education department.

“Management quota is the biggest scandal in the country which the Delhi Government is scrapping. 75 per cent admissions in the private schools will be under open category. Other than EWS category, there will be no other quota,” he added.

Warning schools of stringent action in case of violations, he said the government would use all available options against erring institutions, including takeover.

Private schools in Delhi have quotas for management, siblings, alumni and many others.

In a similar move, the government has also asked schools to scrap “discriminatory” criterion for admission. They have given a list of 62 such criterion to the schools including parents being vegetarians, non-smokers, government employees and other similar criterion.

The move to scrap all the arbitrary quotas has come as a big relief to parents. However schools have a mixed reaction to it, while some schools say that they will abide by the government orders, some hailed it as “snatching the autonomy.”

Keywords: Delhi government, Arvind Kejriwal, management quota, nursery admissions, AAP government