[Reader-list] Muslim Girls Come Forward to Study - Delhi Govt. Schools say "No"

Mon Jul 12 18:41:09 IST 2010

Well said, it has become fashionable to claim "rights" as muslims but
nothing about duties to the society and nation the community lives in, any
number of girl students of many other "faith" and Caste also have the
grievance of not getting the admission, but some ids are only about
"muslims' as some social activists are only about accused if they are
"muslims" ! If governance excludes the faith, it is a wonder that these wish
to claim rights as of one faith but shirk away if it is duty to the society
that they live in.!
regards, rajen

On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 7:25 AM, A.K. Malik <akmalik45 at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Dear Mr Javed,
>                 I am unable to understand why there is emphasis on "Muslim"
> and why should it even appear in the title.Do you mean that the girls would
> have been admitted in the School, were they Hindus or some other community.I
> am apalled to see that it is being done by an advocate in the name of Social
> Jurist and then endorsed by you.Why is it necessary to do so? Is it to exert
> pressure on the School Authorities to admit the students in the name of
> being Muslim?They are equally entitled to all the rights as citizens of
> India and that is what they need to evoke.
> There is a due process of admission to SKVs. Please visit Directorate of
> Education, Govt of NCT of Delhi site for more information.I know several
> cases of students who have not been admitted to Khajoori Khas Schools
> because the schools had become saturated and these Muslim Girls are perhaps
> not being discrimnated just because they are Muslims but because the School
> is saturated which is known to the Principal of the School and not the
> Education Officer who just wants to be good by shifting the responsibility
> of denial to the Principal.
> Let us all resolve not to divide the Society on the basis of Religions and
> seek our Constitutional Rights as Citizens of India alone unless of course
> when there are specific rights given to specific religions under some laws.
> Please!
> With regards,
>
> (A.K.MALIK)
>
>
> --- On Sun, 7/11/10, Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Javed <javedmasoo at gmail.com>
> > Subject: [Reader-list] Muslim Girls Come Forward to Study - Delhi Govt.
> Schools say "No"
> > To: "sarai list" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Sunday, July 11, 2010, 7:32 PM
> > Posted by: "Ashok Agarwal" ashokagarwal1952 at hotmail.com
> > Sun Jul 11, 2010 2:49 am (PDT)
> >
> > SOCIAL JURIST
> > A Civil Rights Group
> >
> > To
> > Hon’ble Smt. Sheila Dikshit,
> > Chief Minister,
> > Govt. of NCT of Delhi,
> > Delhi Secretariat, I.P. Estate
> > New Delhi-110002
> > July 11, 2010
> >
> > Sub: Muslim Girls Coming Forward to Study - Delhi Govt.
> > Schools say “No Seat”
> >
> > Respected Madam,
> >
> > We have the honor to bring to your kind notice that none of
> > the Delhi
> > Govt. Schools of the area having been approached by the
> > parents of the
> > girl students namely, Kumari Firdosh and Kumari Rabiya is
> > willing to
> > grant admission to these girls in classes VII and VIII
> > respectively
> > saying “ No Seat”. These girl students are the
> > daughters of Mohd.
> > Nafish, residing at B-4/147, Sri Ram colony, Rajiv Nagar,
> > Delhi-110094
> > (Mob-9810439382, 9718488458).
> >
> > We have come across hundreds of Muslim girls coming forward
> > to study
> > in Delhi Government and MCD schools but the schools have
> > invariably
> > denied them admission on one pretext or the other. We are
> > grateful to
> > their parents that they have encouraged their daughters to
> > study but
> > we are sorry to say that the government schools are not
> > willing to
> > provide them education. The fact is that the parents are
> > providing
> > opportunity to their children to go to school but the
> > government has
> > utterly failed to provide them education on the illegal and
> > unjust
> > pretext of lack of infrastructure. Is it not a national
> > shame that the
> > government is not prepared on the supply side, even after
> > nearly 63
> > years of independence? Needless to say that Justice
> > Rajinder Sacher
> > Committee in its report has revealed the poor status of the
> > education
> > of Muslim children in our country.
> >
> > It is submitted that both these girls have passed classes
> > VI & VII
> > respectively from a recognized school, namely, A.K. Junior
> > High
> > School, Village-Belna, J.P. Nagar, Amroha (U.P.) in the
> > academic year
> > 2008-2009. They are having valid mark sheets and School
> > Leaving
> > Certificates duly counter signed by the competent
> > authority. There is
> > no justification with the schools to deny admission to
> > these girls. It
> > is no less a mockery of the Constitution of India and of
> > the Right to
> > Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 (RTE 2009).
> >
> > It is submitted that the parents of these girls have
> > obtained transfer
> > certificates on 14.06.2010 and got them counter signed by
> > the
> > competent authority. It is unfortunate that since then till
> > date, the
> > parents & the girls are running from pillar to post for
> > admission in
> > any Govt. School, but no school is willing to grant
> > themadmission on
> > the pretext of “No Seat in the School”. The parents
> > have approached
> > Rajkiya Sarvodaya Kanya Vidayalaya, Khajoori Khas,
> > Delhi-110094 and
> > Govt. Senior Secondary Girls School, Khajoori Khas,
> > Delhi-110094. When
> > these schools denied admission, the parents approached
> > Education
> > Officer with a written application dated 28.06.201. The
> > Education
> > Officer made an endorsement on application and referred
> > them to HOS of
> > the school. When the parents approached the school, the
> > school told
> > them that the strength of “the students has already
> > crossed the
> > saturated point of 500 students and the admission could not
> > be given”.
> > Thereafter the parents again approached the Education
> > Officer on
> > 30.06.2010 and the Education Officer again made an
> > endorsement on the
> > application and referred them to HOS of SKV, Khajoori Khas.
> > The
> > parents went to the school and requested for the admission
> > but the
> > same was not granted. The parents again approached the
> > Education
> > Officer on 30.06.2010 and the Education Officer again made
> > an
> > endorsement on the application and referred them to HOS,
> > Govt. Girls
> > Senior Secondary School Khajoori Khas. When the parents
> > approached the
> > school, the school denied admission on the alleged ground
> > that “there
> > was no seat available in the school”. Thereafter, the
> > parents and the
> > students approached the Deputy Director of Education,
> > District
> > North-East on 09.07.2010 and even after waiting for nearly
> > 5 hours,
> > the Deputy Director of Education did not meet them and
> > moreover the
> > gates of the Deputy Director’s Office were bolted from
> > inside and all
> > the parents and students waiting to meet the Deputy
> > Director of
> > Education were turned away saying that “meeting hours
> > were over”. It
> > all reflects the dirty state of affairs in the education
> > department of
> > the government of Delhi.
> >
> > It is submitted that the parents have now approached us
> > with a written
> > complaint dated 09.07.2010. Copies of the said complaint
> > and other
> > documents are enclosed hereto for your ready reference. It
> > is
> > submitted that the aforesaid action on the part of the
> > schools is
> > totally illegal, unjust, and arbitrary and amounts to
> > abdication of
> > their constitutional and statutory duties and functions.
> > The girl
> > students have constitutional and statutory right to study.
> > It appears
> > that Right to Education has no meaning for these girl
> > students and the
> > Government has been making all false claims.
> >
> > You are, therefore, requested to kindly intervene in this
> > matter and
> > to direct appropriate authorities to forthwith grant them
> > admission
> > these girls students in any government school nearly their
> > residence.
> >
> > With regards
> >
> > Ashok Agarwal, Advocate
> > Advisor, Social Jurist
> > M-9811101923
> >
> > RIGHT TO EDUCATION HAS NO MEANING FOR US
> >
> > Firdosh & Rabia
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Rajen.