Corruption in School Admissions - Addl Inputs
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Corruption in School Admissions – Key Solutions
1. A national CBSE and State education regulator should be formed with some eminent citizens to check corruption in school admissions
2. Parents should be urged to freely report instances of such corruption on anonymous basis
3. Corruption local circles should started in every city and state with Government participation so citizens can easily escalate issues of corruption faced anonymously
4. The staff quota should only be used for the kids of the staff working in the school
5. If left unused, the staff quota should be opened to general public
6. Schools should be asked to send the details of the EWS kids to the department every year
7. Modernization of all the government/municipal schools with good premises equipped with all facilities
8. Private schools should not be allotted any land on concessional rates
9. Suitable laws should be made to make educational activities non-commercial
10. All private schools' bank accounts should be audited by the respective regulators
11. The Government should open more schools in public-private partnership.
Corruption in School Admissions - Root Causes
1. Most private schools are run as businesses these days
2. Management treats schools as a money making machine
3. There is a big mismatch in demand and supply when it comes to admissions
4. The number of students that seek admissions every year are very high
5. The number of schools are limited
6. Principal is supposed to make profits for the management
7. Some teachers try to make money on the side by selling the teacher’s quota
8. Schools believe that admitting children under EWS quota is a waste of resources
9. Many schools are run by politicians through trusts
10. Admitting kids in famous schools has become a status symbol for parents
11. Many parents do not mind throwing in some cash to get a seat in city’s popular schools.
Corruption in School Admissions - Key Issues
1. Principals ask for donations for admissions
2. Teachers accept money for admitting kids in staff quota
3. School management takes bribes to admit kids in the management quota
4. In more famous schools of metros, bribes to principals are offered in form of jewellery and plot of lands
5. Politicians take huge money from parents and use their power to get kids admitted
6. Schools take bribes and admit non-EWS kids into the EWS quota
7. Money is asked for at admission time in the name of building funds
8. Money is also taken in cheques in the name of societies running the school. more