Procedures of Admission in the school are given below:
A student’s formal entry into a school in any class is called admission. With the explosion in population in India, schools are under tremendous Pressure for admissions. On the other hand, though the numbers of schools in urban areas have increased, their numbers do not match the demand for education.
This is mainly true of private-aided and private-unaided schools. Thus schools need to pay adequate attention to its admission procedure and criteria.
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The following aspects are usually taken into account at the time of admissions to a school:
(1) Chronological age in terms of date of birth
(2) Character
(3) Previous academic record
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(4) Participation and performance in co-curricular activities
(5) Performance in entrance test, if any
(6) Performance in an interview, if any
(7) State laws and rules
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The state government has laid down some rules and regulations concerning admission to schools in its grant-in-aid code. All recognized school whether aided or unaided are required to follow these rules and regulations governing admission and withdrawal of students.
Following are the rules and regulations concerning admissions to school in Maharashtra:
(i) Maximum number of students in each class should be 40. However, the Inspector of Education is empowered to admit 5 more students in special cases.
(ii) No student can be denied admission to a recognized school on the grounds of his/her caste, religion, creed or region.
(iii) Admission to a recognized school is made on the strength of the school leaving certificate issued by the previous school attended.
(iv) If a student comes from another state, his/her school leaving certificate should be countersigned by the Inspector of schools of that state.
(v) For those students who have not attended any school, an affidavit should be made by the concerned parent or guardian before a magistrate and such a student should be subjected to a regular written test. Thereafter, the student will be admitted provisionally by the Headmaster of the school to a standard for which such a student is found fit, subject to confirmation by the Education Inspector.
(vi) Except under special circumstances, admissions have to be made within 20 days of the opening of the school’s new term.
These rules are concerned with secondary schools. On the other hand, primary education, as per the Indian constitution, is compulsory. This creates problem as to how to accommodate the ever increasing population to the existing system of primary education.