Grim Facts of Child School Admission in Mumbai

[gauravjc 47]

well said dhiraj bhai ... +1

I also live in mumbai and currently looking at admitting my son to a shool and we have short listed, 1. Arya Vidya Mandir in Bandra and 2. Bombay scottish in Mahim. It been such tensed situation at home its been 1 1/2 months we are trying to folloing with AVM for the results but no reply what so ever but wife has called the school twice but they saying to wait to their response.

Bombay scottish admission is so diffcult to get in that without good influensial we cannot get it...

Its really a pain these days to get a child admitted to schools..

CSMART : First get ur child admitted to some school and then get into legal matters.....

All the best to you ...

[manishag 17]

I perfectly agreed with dkaile.

me and my sister both studied into govt college. both of us went to Hindi Medium schools. our parents didn't studied after class 5th. but we got good teachers there. our parents supported us like anything and both of us cleared the JEE and completed our graduations from IIT delhi(My Sister) and IIT Kanpur.

I have many other examples.

we were able to do all that just because we get support from our parents and school teachers. infact my College(class 9th to 12th) was one of the notorious school.

if we go with the current situation that these schools claims then we were not suppose to study. i should not have got even the basic school knowledge.

I have one more example.

I meet a guy his father was just a cook in our company. This guy from meerut didn't get the good education but still that guy was really gem in technology.

another Shara India guy he didn't have father and he didn't had fee to pay the board examination fee. He joined some office a peon and paid his board exam fee out of that. This guy is Director in Shara India in 1999.

one of my friend in IIT Kanpur his father was just a rickshaw driver in kanpur.

another friend his father was a farmer in Bihar

there are so many other people i came across in my life.

i don't know what is going to happen to education in our country.

[kesav 127]

Regarding education, just get reminded of APJ Abdul Kalam.

Born as a son of poor fisher man..........rest, everyone knows........

[SumitVerma 187]

He would not have been "The Kalam" we know today if he would have been rich spoiled brat!

[ashoksoft 83]

Don't have a kid - nor have i gone thro the trauma i felt reading the posts above... But just wondering - can't a kid have home schooling - if i believe that none of the schools in my area suits the needs and necessity of the kid (at least in the Pre KG / KG segments?)

also how well does the legal system take such nuances into account?

Just trying to wonder out aloud ... coz this is exactly what I'd NEVER EXPECT from the educational system in a democratic country. And i guess its time to relook at this form of education. (i've been schooled under the CBSE model), at the same time I've done something called as RSVK (Rishi Sanskriti Vidya Kendra) - a form of educational system mimicing the gurukul samprada ...

That i guess ensures that you understand "Concepts" rather than byhearting values

[SumitVerma 187]

Home schooling is what I would love to prefer too!

But then you wont get admission in a very good school, if school is not good, same will happen with the colleges.

If the base isnt strong, the whole education system is messed up.

[csmart 472]

i agree with all that one should teach a child to balanced out good and bad.. and that was my parents taught me. in this country nothing works without money. everything from god to education, medicine to death, you bribe you get the things done.

you have strike a proper balance and not get frustrated. thats the key to survival in this country.

our PM also says that he has bow to coalition... <_<

[vll 1]

hi csmart i just got these info fro one of RTI activist,

Officials delay nursery admissions info, fined

Manash Pratim Gohain TNN

New Delhi: The Central Information Commission (CIC) recently fined two PIOs of the Directorate of Education (DoE) for delay in providing information under Right to Education Act 2005 about nursery admission. Not only that, the CIC also said that the education minister’s assurances about monitoring the same and punishing violators have not fructified.

Last week, this paper had reported on how the DoE went soft on those violating criteria laid down for nursery admissions last year. In the first case, former deputy education officer (DEO) of Zone-XIII, Virender Kumar, was found fined Rs 14,000. Likewise, information commissioner Shailesh Gandhi found Anil Kumar, deemed PIO and DEO (Zone-XIII), guilty and fined him Rs 9,500.

Taking cognizance of the appeal filed by RTI activist Mohit Goel, a resident of Model Town, the CIC observed that since no reasonable cause for delay in providing information was found, it was a fit case for imposing penalty on the officers. Goel has been seeking information on action taken on four schools based on nine complaints lodged with the DoE during nursery admissions in 2009-2010.

Goel filed a separate RTI with the DoE headquarters in June 2010 to know the action taken on education minister Arvinder Singh Lovely’s statement in January 2010 regarding nursery admission. The minister had told the media that he had asked DoE to give a status report about schools violating nursery admission criteria. DoE did not provide any information despite the CIC instructing DoE in October 2010 to furnish the information by October 15, 2010.

“When I received no information even after October 15, I approached CIC, and in its hearing on January 4, 2011, CIC asked DoE to furnish information by January 20, 2011,” said Goel. In his order, Gandhi observed: “The appellant asked for information about pre-school admission. He states that the education minister had made certain commitments about monitoring these admissions and taking suitable action whenever schools were not adhering to the government’s policy. He had filed the RTI application with the Directorate of Education (HQ). It appears from the response of DOE (HQ) that the announcement of the education minister has not actually been implemented. Citizens expect statements by ministers to be followed by the departments. Hence, the appellant was correct in seeking this information.”

RTI HELPLINE WINS AWARD

[KumaarShah 143]

Sorry this is slightly Off topic but nevertheless a very good read

- I’m sure you’ve read this before but its worth reading again!

ONE OF THE BEST STORIES I'VE EVER HEARD!!!!!!

As she stood in front of her 5th grade class on the very first day of school, she told the children an untruth. Like most teachers, she looked at her students and said that she loved them all the same. However, that was impossible, because there in the front row, slumped in his seat, was a little boy named Teddy Stoddard.

Mrs. Thompson had watched Teddy the year before and noticed that he did not play well with the other children, that his clothes were messy and that he constantly needed a bath. In addition, Teddy could be unpleasant. It got to the point where Mrs. Thompson would actually take delight in marking his papers with a broad red pen, making bold

X's and then putting a big "F" at the top of his papers.

At the school where Mrs. Thompson taught, she was required to review each child's past records and she put Teddy's off until last. However, when she reviewed his file, she was in for a surprise.

Teddy's first grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is a bright child with a ready laugh. He does his work neatly and has good manners... he is a joy to be around.."

His second grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is an excellent student, well liked by his classmates, but he is troubled because his mother has a terminal illness and life at home must be a struggle."

His third grade teacher wrote, "His mother's death has been hard on him. He tries to do his best, but his father doesn't show much interest, and his home life will soon affect him if some steps aren't taken."

Teddy's fourth grade teacher wrote, "Teddy is withdrawn and doesn't show much interest in school. He doesn't have many friends and he sometimes sleeps in class."

By now, Mrs. Thompson realized the problem and she was ashamed of herself.

She felt even worse when her students brought her Christmas presents, wrapped

in beautiful ribbons and bright paper, except for Teddy's. His present was clumsily wrapped in the heavy, brown paper that he got from a grocery bag. Mrs. Thompson

took pains to open it in the middle of the other presents. Some of the children started to laugh when she found a rhinestone bracelet with some of the stones missing, and a bottle that was one-quarter full of perfume. But she stifled the children's laughter when she exclaimed how pretty the bracelet was, putting it on, and dabbing some of the perfume on her wrist. Teddy Stoddard stayed after school that day just long enough to say, "Mrs. Thompson, today you smelled just like my Mom used to."

After the children left, she cried for at least an hour. On that very day, she quit teaching reading, writing and arithmetic. Instead, she began to teach children. Mrs. Thompson paid particular attention to Teddy. As she

worked with him, his mind seemed to come alive. The more she encouraged him, the faster he responded. By the end of the year, Teddy had become one of the smartest children in the class and, despite her lie that she would love all the children the same, Teddy became one of her "teacher's pets.."

A year later, she found a note under her door, from Teddy, telling her that she was the best teacher he ever had in his whole life.

Six years went by before she got another note from Teddy. He then wrote that he had finished high school, third in his class, and she was still the best teacher he ever had in life.

Four years after that, she got another letter, saying that while things had been tough at times, he'd stayed in school, had stuck with it, and would soon graduate from college with the highest of honors. He assured Mrs. Thompson that she was still the best and favorite teacher he had ever had in his whole life.

Then four more years passed and yet another letter came. This time he explained that after he got his bachelor's degree, he decided to go a little further. The letter explained that she was still the best and favorite teacher he ever had. But now his name was a little longer.... The letter was signed, Theodore F. Stoddard, MD.

The story does not end there. You see, there was yet another letter that spring. Teddy said he had met this girl and was going to be married. He explained that his father had died a couple of years ago and he was wondering if Mrs. Thompson might agree to sit at the wedding in the place that was usually reserved for the mother of the groom. Of course, Mrs. Thompson did. And guess what? She wore that bracelet, the one with several rhinestones missing. Moreover, she made sure she was wearing the perfume that Teddy remembered his mother wearing on

their last Christmas together.

They hugged ea ch other, and Dr. Stoddard whispered in Mrs. Thompson's ear, "Thank you Mrs. Thompson for believing in me. Thank you so much for making me feel important and showing me that I could make a difference."

Mrs. Thompson, with tears in her eyes, whispered back. She said, "Teddy, you have it all wrong. You were the one who taught me that I could make a difference. I didn't know how to teach until I met you."

(For you that don't know, Teddy Stoddard is the Dr. at Iowa Methodist in

Des Moines that has the Stoddard Cancer Wing.)

Warm someone's heart today. . . pass this along. I love this story so very much, I cry every time I read it. Just try to make a difference in someone's

life today? tomorrow? just "do it".

Random acts of kindness, I think they call it!

"Believe in Angels, then return the favor"

Mods/Admins: I thought of posting this story in General Chat - 'Non SMS Stuff' topic, but then I thought why not here. If it is inappropriate here, please move it to where it should belong.

[me_saket 73]

Nurture your child to learn things rather than be taught;

+1 for kamal