Manjot Singh, spokesperson for the Aggrieved Parents' Forum (APF), an association of CBSE parents, said, "When we went to the centralized admission process (CAP) counters our forms were accepted alongside our board-evaluated counterparts. My son's percentage is well above 90% and I saw that his name was there in the merit list. Had I kept quiet about it then my son would have been through to a top city college, but I decided not to do so. I am exposing this myself so that everyone realizes how flawed the entire system is. I will not go ahead with the admission formalities and wait till the State government officially accepts my son."
Addressing a press conference, Singh, said that CAP officials should not have accepted the forms in the first place. TOI had reported how certain CAP counters were accepting forms from school-evaluated students. The CAP officials said they were accepting the forms only to avoid altercation with parents who hold up the entire line, and had decided to not enter the form in the system till further government directives. However, it seems that things did not go according to plan and it is estimated that around 100 such forms have been submitted. There is no official confirmation on whether those students have made it to the merit list or not.
A source in the education department, said, "Unless parents themselves tell us, it will be too much of work for us to check every form and find out who took the school-evaluated exam and who did not."
Mahesh Karajgaonkar, deputy director (education) in turn blamed the parents for the goof up. "When they knew they were not allowed to submit the form then they should have just not done it. It is their duty to raise objection right at the counter. Maybe, they did it on purpose with the idea of admitting their children knowing well that it contravenes the current rules," said Karajgaonkar.
The provisional merit list for bifocal faculty was released yesterday. Students had till Friday to inform CAP about any mistakes, following which the final merit list will be printed on Saturday.
The parents' group also filed a writ petition at the Nagpur bench of the Bombay High Court on Friday afternoon. Advocate Nitin Lalwani who appeared for the parents, informed that the petition has been filed against five respondents - State of Maharashtra, Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), State Education board, Centre Point School and the deputy director (education) of Nagpur division. "The court has issued notice to all respondents but no order has been passed in anyone's favour. The matter will now be heard on July 12," said Lalwani.
Singh, said, "One of our representatives is going to Delhi to hand over the notice to CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi. This system, which was adopted to reduce stress levels among students, has become the cause of mental harassment and emotional trauma instead. We are leaving no stone unturned to get justice." evaluated students
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