<p>After successfully clearing the rigorous process of securing the elusive nursery seat for their tiny tots, parents in the Capital are gearing up for the last but big hurdle -- fees that range between Rs 75,000 and Rs 1.25 lakh in almost all sought-after schools.<br /><br /></p>.<p> Some schools are even demanding three to four lakh rupees to ensure a child's admission under their “manipulative” management quota, parents and experts allege.<br />“We have lost all hope of our son’s admission as the schools where he was shortlisted have asked us more than Rs 1 lakh to secure our child's name in the final list,” said Arti Sharma, a south Delhi resident.<br /><br />“I have applied to more than 10 schools, but none of them have selected my child. And the school where he was shortlisted, is asking so much money which I cannot afford. His chances of getting admission this year look very slim,” Sharma said.<br /><br />Ranjit Arora, a resident of Pitampura who had applied to more than 20 schools, also has a similar story. “A few good schools offered my child a nursery seat but for a hefty amount,” Arora said.<br /><br />Regular feature<br /><br />Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, said such complaints are a regular feature on his forum. “A minute look at our website could show you hundreds of such donation-related complaints posted by distraught parents this year,” Vohra said. <br /><br />“It seems as if some schools have converted their general seats into paid seats under the highly-manipulative management quota which is a very disturbing phenomenon,” he said. <br /><br />Unhappy with the Directorate of Education (DoE) for not taking adequate steps to prevent such “corruption”, parents are now venting their anger on the online forum. <br /><br />Parents have alleged how some schools have turned nursery admission into a money-minting business. Educationists also pointed out those fees in top schools are going to leave a big hole in the pockets of parents.<br /><br />According to the fees structure available on the websites of some schools, one has to pay Rs 95,220 towards tuition fees for a year, Rs 14,283 as development charges and Rs 14283 as annual charges, besides other minor charges.<br /><br />Disturbing trends <br /><br />According to experts, the nursery season also saw two disturbing trends such as advance booking and the policy of first-come-first-serve. Ishwar Natrajan, a resident of Anand Vihar, says he is a victim of the first-come-first-serve policy that spoilt his daughter’s chances of getting admission in a neighbourhood school.<br /><br /> “My daughter’s name appeared in the list of selected candidates in the school, but when I went to the school, they told me the admissions are over and they had adopted a first-come-first-serve policy,” he said.<br /><br /></p>
<p>After successfully clearing the rigorous process of securing the elusive nursery seat for their tiny tots, parents in the Capital are gearing up for the last but big hurdle -- fees that range between Rs 75,000 and Rs 1.25 lakh in almost all sought-after schools.<br /><br /></p>.<p> Some schools are even demanding three to four lakh rupees to ensure a child's admission under their “manipulative” management quota, parents and experts allege.<br />“We have lost all hope of our son’s admission as the schools where he was shortlisted have asked us more than Rs 1 lakh to secure our child's name in the final list,” said Arti Sharma, a south Delhi resident.<br /><br />“I have applied to more than 10 schools, but none of them have selected my child. And the school where he was shortlisted, is asking so much money which I cannot afford. His chances of getting admission this year look very slim,” Sharma said.<br /><br />Ranjit Arora, a resident of Pitampura who had applied to more than 20 schools, also has a similar story. “A few good schools offered my child a nursery seat but for a hefty amount,” Arora said.<br /><br />Regular feature<br /><br />Sumit Vohra, founder of admissionsnursery.com, said such complaints are a regular feature on his forum. “A minute look at our website could show you hundreds of such donation-related complaints posted by distraught parents this year,” Vohra said. <br /><br />“It seems as if some schools have converted their general seats into paid seats under the highly-manipulative management quota which is a very disturbing phenomenon,” he said. <br /><br />Unhappy with the Directorate of Education (DoE) for not taking adequate steps to prevent such “corruption”, parents are now venting their anger on the online forum. <br /><br />Parents have alleged how some schools have turned nursery admission into a money-minting business. Educationists also pointed out those fees in top schools are going to leave a big hole in the pockets of parents.<br /><br />According to the fees structure available on the websites of some schools, one has to pay Rs 95,220 towards tuition fees for a year, Rs 14,283 as development charges and Rs 14283 as annual charges, besides other minor charges.<br /><br />Disturbing trends <br /><br />According to experts, the nursery season also saw two disturbing trends such as advance booking and the policy of first-come-first-serve. Ishwar Natrajan, a resident of Anand Vihar, says he is a victim of the first-come-first-serve policy that spoilt his daughter’s chances of getting admission in a neighbourhood school.<br /><br /> “My daughter’s name appeared in the list of selected candidates in the school, but when I went to the school, they told me the admissions are over and they had adopted a first-come-first-serve policy,” he said.<br /><br /></p>