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| Tuesday, 5 August 2003 |
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by Manjula Fernando Over 300 complaints pertaining to school admissions in 2003 directed to the Commissioner of Appeals have been turned down since parents have failed to follow the proper procedure, official sources at the Education Ministry said. The sources said, the Commissioner, appointed last year to look into the complaints by parents whose children have been rejected for admission, received over 700 appeals concerning 2003 admissions in December last year. But inquiries were initiated into only some 400 cases out of which wrong-doing was suspected in 31 instances. They have now been directed to the Criminal Investigations Department to proceed under the Criminal Act. Within 14 days of the publication of the Temporary Selection List by the school, a parent should hand over a written objection to the school principal, if the child's name is not included. The school will then call for a second interview where parents will be given a chance to present their case. Only if they fail at this stage that they can write to the Commissioner of Appeals at Isurupaya. The case has to be genuine and parents should be able to name fraudulent admissions so that the commissioner can begin an initial investigation. The Commissioner of Appeals was appointed by the Education Minister Dr. Karunasena Kodituwakku after 'school appeal boards' which came under a lot of criticism of corruption were abolished in 2002. |
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