ALL INDIA PARENTS ASSOCIATION
AGARWAL BHAWAN, G. T.
KARNAL ROAD, TIS HAZARI, DELHI-110054
PRESS RELEASE
15 July
2012
All India Parents Association AIPA is
organizing a VISHAL DHARNA outside the Office of the Director of Education at
Old Secretariat Delhi to register its opposition and protest against the order
dated 28-05-2012 whereby the Directorate of Education has changed the criteria
for admission in XIth class in Science and Commerce streams in all Government
and Government Aided Schools. No justification or rationale behind the change
in criteria has been given by the Government; this circular not even finds
mention in the web site of the Directorate of Education.
The eligibility for admission in science
stream has been raised to minimum CGPA 7 from CGPA 6 as in
previous year. Furthermore where earlier
a student needed overall grade C1 in total and individually in subjects
English, Mathematics and Science, but now it is mandatory to obtain minimum
grade B2 in English, Science and Mathematics individually. As a result where
last year, nearly 15000 students got admission in Science stream based on the
earlier admission criteria, but now, based on current revised criteria, not
more than 5200 students will be eligible.
It is important to know that even presently
Science stream is not available in all Government Schools. The numbers of
Government Schools with Science stream in 2011-2012 have been reduced in
comparison to the status of 2008-09.
In regards to Commerce stream a candidate
having CGPA 5 was eligible previous year but now as per present
criteria minimum CGPA 6.6 (with mathematics) and 6 (without mathematics) is
required. In addition to, CGPA difference a student needed overall grade C2 in
total and individually C2 in subjects English and Social Science and C1 in
Mathematics but now it is mandatory to obtain minimum grade C1 in English and
Social Science and B2 in Mathematics to be eligible in Commerce stream. Based
on the earlier criteria, last year, nearly 36000 students got admission in
Commerce stream but now, based on current revised criteria, not more than 20000
students will get admission in Commerce stream.
As a result of the modified criteria for
the 2012-13 for admission in Commerce and Science streams, even formation of
Sections for these streams has become difficult in many of the Government
schools and students are forced to opt for either Humanities stream or take
admission in Patrachar Vidyalaya (where students have no future except to get
XIIth Class Certificate).
It appears that the Government is adopting
a policy of totally eliminating Science stream and diminishing the number of
students in Commerce stream in Government schools. This process will leave the
students totally in the hands of market forces. It also amounts to abdication
of responsibility by the Government .This will result in indirect promotion of
unaided private schools. It is interesting to know that the Government has no
powers to regulate and Unaided Private schools are at liberty to fix their own
criteria for admission in to various streams. The parents of the students
wanting to take admission in the particular streams will have no other
alternative than to succumb to the unjustified demands of the Private Unaided
Schools.
By reducing the admissions in the Science
and Commerce stream in the Government Schools the Government is also ensuring
that most of the future Engineers, Doctors, Chartered Accountants and Economist
will come from the Private Unaided Schools and all the Labourers, Workers,
Subordinates will come from the Government Schools. That directly translates in
to that only those who can afford to pay for the Education will get the
Education, thereby converting Education in to a Commodity where one has to
Invest to get returns in future.
The Government statistics itself project
that 85% of the school going population studies in the Government run Schools
and only 15% of the school going population can afford Education in Unaided
Private Schools in country. It implies that the 15% will prevail over the
85% of the population and this 85% population will always remain exposed to all
kind of exploitation. The masses will remain the exploited lot..
Therefore All India Parents
Association (AIPA) is organizing a VISHAL DHARNA in front of
the Office of the Director of Education, Old Secretariat, Civil
Lines on Monday 16th July 2012 at 16:00 Hrs. demanding immediate
withdrawal of the admission criteria 2012 for science and commerce stream in
Govt. and Govt. aided schools. AIPA also demands that all the students eligible
in terms of the 2011 admission criteria should be considered for admission in
science and commerce strams. AIPA further demands that the govt. schools with
science stream be also increased in order to provide opportunity to study
science to more and more students.
Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
National President, AIPA
Mob- 9811101923
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