DPS agony !!

How does a parent decide which school is the best for his/her child?

Well..we have been running around for the admission of my nephew for nursery. He is 2yrs and 10 months old and he will be going to nursery next year...that is for the academic year 2008-2009. As all the other parents do, we collected forms from various schools..i wonder how much these schools will be making by selling the forms!! There were atleast 300 kids aspiring admission at DPS for nursery in that particular slot of 9.00 am to 9.30 am. We were one among them. They asked us tio sit in a room and took my nephew away to the basement. Imagine a 2.5 yr old kid being taken away for an interview!! There was chaos all over with kids howling and crying and sometimes parents being called as the kids were difficult to manage. And we were anxiously waiting..he went inside holding the lady's hand witout crying. And came in after 20 minutes crying loudly with a lollypop in his hand :) When asked why was he crying the answer was simple "you left me alone and I though you'll leave me and go" simple that was!!! How can you test a two year old? On what basis do you test a child? His answers and his behavious will depend on various aspects. He may just not be in a mood to answer you. They asked him to draw. He may have felt like playing 'hide and seek' at that time :) Or he may have just got scared of starngers staring at him :) It was utter rubbish!! But than we finished and came out. They said they'll call us in 10-12 days time. Well 2 weeks were over, but still no call from DPS!! When I called to find out whats the status thay simply said if we haven't received a call that means our child is not selected!! and we were denied an appointment with the principal in this regard. Well, when it comes to calling the children for the interview they put up the list on their website, but not when it comes to the selected children!! The reason is simple: They cant assess a small child of 2 yrs. The supreme court rule clearly states that a child ahould have no admission tests. The criteria for the selection should be on the basis of the distance of the school from home, a sibling of studying in the same school and one of the parent being an alumni of the school!! If these are the criteria why would you assess a child???

You will gwt into DPS if:
YOU ARE READY TO SPEND A LAKH PLUS and then that's not enough you need to have proper connections !!! You need to have either political pull or you need to know somebody at the management personally and I've also there are brokers who help you negotiate the deal. :)

The funniest part is that my nephew was denied admission at DPS as he didn't paint when they gave him crayons and the other day he won the first prize at the painting competition at his play school:) Isn't it very clear from the above why he didn't get admission at DPS?


Admission in a so called prestigious school like DPS....is it really worth it?