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New admission policy by Oct end in Karnataka
BANGALORE : A comprehensive admission policy
for private aided and unaided institutions,
from pre-nursery to pre-university levels,
will be in place in the State from the next
academic year.
Faced with criticism that the government had
failed to crack the whip on curbing donation
menace and regulating the admission process
in private institutions, a high level
six-member committee headed by the
Commissioner of Public Instruction has been
constituted to recommend guidelines for the
policy.
The terms of reference for the committee
issued a couple of days ago gives sufficient
hints that the government is keen on banning
interviews with children and parents for
admission purposes.
Besides, the State policy will dwell on
pre-admission procedures to be followed by
institutions, issue of applications,
calender of events. Step-by-step guidelines
will be prepared which need to be followed
by private educational institutions during
admission time. In fact, the State has
directed the committee to study the Delhi
model of admissions (recommended by the
Ganguly Committee) which includes
constitution of school-wise committees to
monitor admission process, while framing the
norms.
The committee headed by CBSE Chairman Ashok
Ganguly had recommended admission based on a
100-point formula. Other recommendations
include uniform time schedules for nursery
admission.
The preamble to the note on setting up the
six-member committee states that admission
to private institutions had become a “social
problem”.Some elite schools were using the
demand for admission in their institutions
as a “weapon” for fleecing students and
parents.
Private schools, especially in urban areas,
were considered “elite” resulting in further
widening the divide in imparting quality
education to all, the note said. It also
points out that though the Karnataka
Education Institution (Classification,
Regulation and Prescription of Curricula
etc) Rules 1995 does stipulate several
regulations related to admission in private
institutions, it has not be implemented
effectively.
The members of the committee include K S
Krishna Iyer, secretary, Associated
Managements of Schools in Karnataka, G
Chandrashekar, former director, education
department, Dr Janavi, secretary, Karnataka
Regional Education Commission and Gururaj
Jamakandi, lecturer, K E Board
Pre-University College, Dharwad. The
Director, Primary and Secondary Education is
the member-secretary.
IN THE OFFING
*Eliminating interviews with children and
parents during admission time
*Norms for admission procedure, sale of
applications, calendar of events
*Committee to study the Delhi model
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