St Michael’s High School

Most city schools have decided to stick to the traditional form of admission to Class XI, though one institute, St Michael’s High School, has decided to go online from this academic year.

Principal Father B. Arockiasamy told The Telegraph that the step was aimed at reducing the rush on the school premises and make things convenient for the students and their parents.

“We will go for online admissions in Class XI from this year. This will make things easier for the parents and the students, who will not be required to come to the school to apply for admission. Why waste time and money in coming to the school? Besides, the move is also environment friendly and lots of paper will also be saved in the process,” Arockiasamy said.

Radiant International School plans to follow St Michael’s footsteps from the next academic session. “We will start online admissions from the 2013-14 academic session. This would be done keeping in mind the huge rush we witness every year. This adds to the pressure for the school employees. Things would be easier when the online admission system is introduced,” the principal of the school, C.B. Singh, said.

The principal added that the system would be in place for all classes up to Class XII.

DAV BSEB has not taken a decision on the issue. Principal Ramanuj Prasad said: “We are considering to start the online admission in Class XI. If things get finalised, we could begin from this year itself.”

Other schools have, however, decided to stick to the traditional method of submission of forms.

Loyola High School principal Brother Felix said: “We will give priority to our students and therefore we would not go for online admissions in Class XI. We have no such plans in the near future either.”

Other schools, including St Dominic Savio’s High School, Gyan Niketan and Don Bosco Academy, have also stuck to the old system.