Thoughts on Centralised Admission System

I disagree with this system.

If you want to train 100 meter dash sprinters, you put your best talent in one school, select the best and send to olympics.You dont separate them into 100 schools and put them with marathoners, jumpers, javeliners etc and then make everybody train in everything. Or say that everybody should train in decathlon, because its best for all round athletic development.

Thats what schools like DPS, BVN, Amity are doing - selecting the best parents who will help kids perform later, like a 100 meter dash specialist school. If the rest of the parents bring snob value into these schools and want to get their average kids admitted in them - so that 6000 people apply for 180 seats - the problem is with the parents, not with the schools. 5820/6000 i.e. 97% of parents are going to be disappointed and some will vent their spleen on sites such as this.No matter what the point system, this rejection rate will bring anger to some.

I agree that DPS is much better than BVN. But both their aim in life is same - good academics. BVN just hasnt succeeded like DPS has. The only reason they both do sports and extracurriculars is that in IIM and job interview, academics being the same, those with wider range of activities are preferred. (Many students also do them for the same reason - for interview!) Both do the same - get in topper students from other schools at every class actively, to get the best students in, so that results are good.Strangely, Mothers, which goes for value education, also has good results in 12th because of fresh intake in many classes. SPV does not do this, except for 4-5 seats which fall vacant. Obviously in this attraction game, the very best will choose DPS RKP if they will have them. If not they chose DPS VK, then BVN or Amity. From 10th and 12th results, DPS RKP and DPS VK are almost neck and neck. BVN and Amity come next, again neck and neck, allowing for the bigger class size of BVN. When the principals and teachers are putting in efforts (and they are) at least they should get to choose the students.

I also teach (though not at school level) and its very frustrating to teach students who cannot keep up. The best teachers will want to teach the best students, it is how things are. Drona wants to teach Arjuna. (Ekalavya was there in those days also!!! ) In fact, teachers of good students will not be able to teach average students. Similarly, a teacher who will be good for average students will not be appreciated by a topper student who will want to race ahead.

Putting those students together is a bad idea