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My maid said today said that she needed one day's leave for getting 'community certificate' for her children for changing their schools and admitting them in a new school. She had one earlier which she lost while shifting houses.
She got the last one, 3 years back and she spent a whole day going to 3 offices, in different places. She lives in Thoraipaakkam, Chennai. She had to go to Sholinganallur and then to Saidapet and then back to Sholinganallur. On the way, she had to 'pay' to 4 people, Rs.50 each to move/sign the papers! Now, she may have to 'pay' more...3 years' gap might have enhanced the 'charges'! She has got a ration card. Her community is dhobi (washer man), though nobody in her family works as a dhobi now! She doesn't get any concession in the school fees...she is joining them in a private school. Why do they ask for the community certificate, I wonder. She never used the community certificate anywhere else until now, she says, nobody else asked for it.
Our driver is a Christian. He said that he too went to the Taluk office and got the community certificate for joining his children in a private Christian school! No concession in fees, here too! Then why do they ask for the 'community' certificate?
I remember filling up my children's application form. In 'Community' section, I wrote 'Hindu'. I didn't fill up the 'sect' section, I remember distinctly. No questions were asked. Nobody asked for 'Community' certificate.
Hmmm...I called my relative who is a teacher in a famous school in the this city, Chennai, just now. Their school also is insisting on 'Community' Certificate, it seems! They are collecting these certificates for the past 2 years, from all students. Weird, isn't it?
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I REMEMBER NOW...LAST YEAR SOME GOVT. SCHOOL TEACHERS CAME HOME FOR TAKING CENSUS DETAILS. I THOUGHT SO, NO, THEY CAME FOR COLLECTING DETAILS OF OUR COMMUNITY...'JAADI KANAKKEDUPPU', WE WERE TOLD. THEY ASKED FOR MY SECT DETAILS ALSO. JUST 'HINDU' WAS NOT ENOUGH. I REFUSED TO FILL UP THE 'SECT' SECTION. Even the infants should know their caste, they expect, I think. Where are we going?
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My maid said today said that she needed one day's leave for getting 'community certificate' for her children for changing their schools and admitting them in a new school. She had one earlier which she lost while shifting houses.
She got the last one, 3 years back and she spent a whole day going to 3 offices, in different places. She lives in Thoraipaakkam, Chennai. She had to go to Sholinganallur and then to Saidapet and then back to Sholinganallur. On the way, she had to 'pay' to 4 people, Rs.50 each to move/sign the papers! Now, she may have to 'pay' more...3 years' gap might have enhanced the 'charges'! She has got a ration card. Her community is dhobi (washer man), though nobody in her family works as a dhobi now! She doesn't get any concession in the school fees...she is joining them in a private school. Why do they ask for the community certificate, I wonder. She never used the community certificate anywhere else until now, she says, nobody else asked for it.
Our driver is a Christian. He said that he too went to the Taluk office and got the community certificate for joining his children in a private Christian school! No concession in fees, here too! Then why do they ask for the 'community' certificate?
I remember filling up my children's application form. In 'Community' section, I wrote 'Hindu'. I didn't fill up the 'sect' section, I remember distinctly. No questions were asked. Nobody asked for 'Community' certificate.
Hmmm...I called my relative who is a teacher in a famous school in the this city, Chennai, just now. Their school also is insisting on 'Community' Certificate, it seems! They are collecting these certificates for the past 2 years, from all students. Weird, isn't it?
P.S.:
I REMEMBER NOW...LAST YEAR SOME GOVT. SCHOOL TEACHERS CAME HOME FOR TAKING CENSUS DETAILS. I THOUGHT SO, NO, THEY CAME FOR COLLECTING DETAILS OF OUR COMMUNITY...'JAADI KANAKKEDUPPU', WE WERE TOLD. THEY ASKED FOR MY SECT DETAILS ALSO. JUST 'HINDU' WAS NOT ENOUGH. I REFUSED TO FILL UP THE 'SECT' SECTION. Even the infants should know their caste, they expect, I think. Where are we going?
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