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| Admission syndrome taking toll of Jammu parents | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU Apr 15:-
Vaibhavi Chandel
Jammu and Kashmir must be a unique state in the country, having unique characteristics in every sphere of activity. Take, for instance, the educational sector, a discernible shift is evident in different set of academic calendar in the two regions of Kashmir and Jammu. In the Kashmir region, academic session begins in November while in Jammu it starts in March-April, as in most parts of the country.
So the onset of summer brings with it a humming activity in schools and colleges. The months of March and April, interalia, signify hectic activities among the students, the parents and above all the academic institutions. This places immense stress on all; the parents are in the mad race of getting their children in reputed institutions, mostly in the private sector and the students are burdened with competing and making up their place on the rolls of the institutions their parents aspire for.
Long queues, more of parents than their wards, can be seen waiting in the corridors of heads of institutions, near the school receptions and at all other places where the cumbersome process of admission takes place. Such activities are common in most of the city schools, in particular, these days. As the competition is growing, so grows the craze among the parents to send their wards to get best of the education.
The parents have to prepare their kids for, what some institutions have introduced the system of entrance tests followed by a session of interaction for admissions. Though burdening for tiny tots to undergo the rigorous of entrance and other interactive sessions yet their parents seem to be undeterred in their pursuit of seeking, what they construe- most in terms of social perception- best for their children. Getting admission in a reputed institution is like dream coming true for them.
In most of the ‘renowned’ schools, the parents are also being interviewed to determine the cases of their children for admission. And if the parents are not well educated, their children are denied the opportunity to get blessed with good academic ornament. Does it hold well, ethically and constitutionally? argue several educational experts, terming such a mechanism as unconstitutional and discriminatory. But this does not seem to budge the managements of these schools, who despite finding the parents ‘well qualified and well placed in the social set up’ allegedly indulge in other practices like demanding donations in the name of improving infrastructure and ensuring best possible education.
From getting new accessories like school uniforms, new pair of shoes, school bags etc; the commitments of the parents are too many. While some of them run from pillar to post to get admissions, for others, it is a different story altogether, as they are in a mad scramble to cough up the money to pay the exorbitant fees charged by some of the institutions.
Though some school managements admit that the new admission processes can be traumatic for the kids but they rue they that have no other option as the seats are limited and the admission seekers are unlimited. Again, the theory of demand and supply plays role in the school admissions, on a much larger scale. “Every year we get requisition for thousands of the admission forms, notwithstanding the fact that the number of seats is limited. Seeking admission in good and reputed educational institute is not an easy proposition’, says a middle rung executive of a reputed Jammu school on the condition of anonymity. “Even if a child clears the entrance, he or she has to undergo the process of personality test and other allied tests before getting admission’, he said, indicating this paves the way for vested interests to play their dirty role.
Sanjay Kumar, father of a twin boy and girl, observed that it was a Herculean task for him to seek admission for his children in a reputed countrywide chain of schools- of course, after exploiting all his influential links and spending hefty bucks. He stated that after feeling satisfied with the performance of his children in the entrance examination and personality tests, he was virtually tormented to find at the end of the day that admission was a far-cry unless some other elements and ingredients were made use of to seek the admissions.
This is a sad commentary on the part of the government run schools which despite having massive resources and highly qualified staff have not been able to gain the confidence of parents. Will anybody in the government ponder over this sad state of affairs?
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