While it’s usually kids who are taught in schools, this educational establishment in Dadar reserved its lessons on the importance of punctuality for parents of admission-seeking children.

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Parents of children seeking admission at Our Lady of Salvation High School in Dadar (West) were in for a rude shock on Thursday, when the school refused to give admissions to their children. This, despite, the fact that their children had already appeared for an entrance test and their names featured on the list released by the school on Wednesday.


Tough lesson: Many parents and children kept waiting outside the school till evening yesterday, but the authorities did not entertain them. Pic/Satyajit Desai

While school officials have refused to comment on the issue, parents said the officials were angry because some of them arrived 5-10 minutes late for the admissions process on Thursday.

The list put up by school authorities on Wednesday had asked the students and parents to reach the premises sharp at 11 am, and said that applications would be considered withdrawn for those who failed to show up on time.