[EDLING:2296] Karnataka: School admission rigmarole begins again for parents

[Francis M Hult]

Via lgpolicy...

> BELGAUM: With the new academic year fast approaching, it's rigmarole time
> again for parents looking for admissions in schools for their wards. And,
> uppermost on their minds is the status of the school, with the state
> government planning to derecongise schools flouting the language norm.
> Foremost on Sanjeev's mind when he met the principal of an English medium
> school to seek admission for his child, was whether the school is
> recognised by the government and have a valid permission for the medium of
> instruction in which it's imparting education.
> 
> Similar is the predicament of scores of other parents with the admission
> process for the coming year having already begun. Parents of scores of
> children who have already been admitted to schools earlier, have also
> joined the race as they too want admissions for their children in
> different schools as many of them may face closure or derecognition by the
> government for violating the language policy. Schools have begun to issue
> admission forms for the next academic year, but those to be derecognised
> are yet to announce rehabilitation measures for the students already
> admitted with them. Most of them are even asking parents to take transfer
> certificates which claim that the medium of instruction is Kannada. With
> no alternatives, parents are now preparing to take risks with the
> certificates as they do not want to keep their ward in the schools which
> may face closure.
> 
> The principal of one of the schools facing derecognition, who did not want
> to be named, said the school management has directed the staff to inform
> parents that the state government cannot close the school as CBSE syllabus
> is taught there and that the management would get the necessary permission
> by end of May. A representative of another school said they have formed an
> association which is communicating with the education department. Sources
> stated that among the 32 schools facing derecognition, some are totally
> illegal.
> 
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