DoB certificates ‘on sale’ in SMC during admission season

New Commissioner denies receiving any such reports It is 4 AM, Tanveer Ahmad (name changed), a government employee, is waiting in a long queue outside the main gate of one of the missionary schools in Srinagar. In order to enroll his daughter in Nursery class, Tanveer has to fulfill all the prerequisites including the stringent age criteria set by the school stating ‘Children born between Jan 2012 to Dec 2012 shall only be eligible’. Like Tanveer scores of other parents ensure they fulfill the criteria by any means even if…

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