Villagers oppose new private English medium schools

People of a few villages opposing the establishment of new private schools in their villages as they strongly feel that the private schools will affect the government schools in Adilabad district.

Villagers are spending thousands of rupees for school fee. On the other hand, government teachers are campaigning in the villages appealing to the parents to send their children government schools instead private.

Villagers of Pipparwada had passed a unanimous resolution recently in gram panchayat opposing setting up a private primary school in their village in Jainad mandal.

Villagers have been campaigning in favor of government schools to improve the enrollment of the students in their schools in Lokeshwar mandal.

Government teacher R. Venu of Adilabad said, “parents should take the lead to protect the government schools and strengthening them the teachers will follow them”.

Teachers of government schools have launched a campaign in the villages highlighting the facilities available at their schools and highly qualified teachers and other provisions like mid-day meal, school uniforms, and no fees.

Some of the government teachers distributing pamphlets with the information highlighting the facilities and explaining how government schools are best compared to private schools and taking out rallies to create awareness among the people about the advantages of the government schools.

People of some villages passing resolutions demanding the state government to introduce the English medium in the government school in their village to reduce the financial on the parents sending their children to private English medium schools and also save the strengthen the government school in the larger interests.

Director of school education earlier issued orders allowing villagers to introduce English medium in the government school if parents are interests and they will accord the permission to such schools and consider the English medium at their school.

It is surprising to note that, villagers are questioning the teachers for asking them to join their children in government schools while sending their children to private English medium schools. People asking the teachers admit their own children at government schools.

Attendance down at 40% in state schools

 Students in vacation mood 

Student’s attendance in government schools and hostels has dropped to 40 percent in the last one week as students went to their schools in a vacation mood. 

The director of school education institutions regarding dates new academic calendar year has created a lot of confusion among the students, teachers and parents.

The previous academic year is only being continued due to lack of availability of new textbooks instead upgrading the students to higher class. The students will come to school even summer if given new textbooks as they are excited about them but now students are sitting idle in the classrooms without textbooks of higher class to read or write.       

Private school managements are teaching using private textbooks to their students aginst the government instructions.             

Most of the students feel that schools are being running without giving them new books and just keeping them idle in classrooms. Some of the parents are also not sending their children to schools in view of hot summer. 

Some teachers are providing the books for the seniors’ books to juniors and taking classes.

Large numbers of students staying in SC, ST and BC hostels have been vacating the hostels for the last 10 days just after writing examinations as these days is summer holidays for many students.

The director of the school education has failed to implement the new academic year as planned from March 21 and declare the summer holidays April 23 instead postponed the beginning of the new academic year from June 13. The director of school education has advanced the academic calendar year one month on the lines of CBSE. 

But it is surprising to note that majority of the private schools have started  the new academic year as per the previous instructions issued by the director of school education.       

Teachers have become helpless and are simply following the instruction given by the director of schools education regarding new academic calendar year and also these days will be considered as working days in the academic year for them.

However, the director of school education seems to have backtracked on its earlier decision to implement the new academic year on the lines of CBSE.

Government teacher Rakesh Kumar of Adilabad has observed that director of school education decisions further weakens the school and government education instead of strengthening them while extending a helping hand to private schools.

Students breathe easy

Parents of the school children of Adilabad who are worried over fulltime school in the blazing summer are relived from the pressure of sending their children to full time school.

The school education department is reportedly backtracking on its earlier decision to run fully time school as per changed academic calendar.

However, orders to this effect have not yet been received by the district education officer.

Adlabad is witnessing highest temperature that is 37 to 38 degree Celsius in the state.

It is learnt that, department of school education reportedly took a decision not to conduct two time school taking lack of amenities like fans, drinking water facilities at many schools into consideration in addition to the opposition from parents and teachers unions. 

Now, the school timings will be 8 am to 12.30 noon for half day schools.

State government has backtracked on its decision to run two time school in the summer in the wake of hot summer and suspecting that students may suffer from hot summer.

News is making rounds that the previous pattern of academic calendar will be continued in the next academic year too.

Actually, the director of school education was in the process of changing the academic calendar year on par with the CBSE. The director of school education has issued new academic calendar with full time school scheduled March 21 to April 23. The previous academic year will be ended March 15 and holiday will be given till March 19.

During the four days holidays, teachers have to evaluate the exam papers and prepare progress card report and issue it to the students on the reopening of the schools on March 20.

New academic year will begin from March 21 and school will continue till April 23.Term holidays will be given till June 12 and school will be reopened on June13.

Summer gets tiresome with special classes