International Journal of Engineering and Information Systems (IJEAIS)   Year: 2017 | Volume: 1 | Issue: 3 | Page No.: 58-66 Goal Programming and Allocating Children to DAV Schools in Reading Mishra, P. K. Abstract: The secondary allocation scheme proposed for Reading by DAV Schools in Bhubaneswar in 2015 has been investigated under the Race Relations Act. After reviewing previous programming studies of devising school ca tchment areas, this paper uses the technique of goal programming to analyze the problem of proposing catchment areas for the DAV Schools in Bhubaneswar Greater Reading. Six goals are identified: distance' difficulty of journey, racial balance, reading-age retarded balance, sex balance and capacity utilization. The problem is solved for 10 alternative sets of goal weights, and it is shown that most of these dominate the B.C.C. solution.