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Difficult task ahead to bring back stranded Class 10 students
With less than two weeks left for Class 10 board exams, the School Education Department has a difficult task of bringing thousands of students who had left for their native but have enrolled in schools located in other districts. Teachers stranded in their native due to total lockdown are also in a fix, as the Directorate of School Education has issued strict order directing them to report on May
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Headmasters, especially in the government and aided schools, said bringing back the students who left for their natives would be huge task, as the students hailing from poor families in the State-run schools would not be able to travel by private vehicles even if e-passes are issued.
According to the statistics with the Directorate of Examinations, 9,55,748 Class 10 students will appear for the board exams that are to be held from June 1.
Speaking to DT Next, a senior official from the Directorate of School Education pointed out that the schools were closed from March 17 before the total shutdown, and the exams that were originally scheduled for March 27 were postponed indefinitely. “Therefore, thousands of students left for their natives between March 17 and March 23 as the lockdown was imposed from March 25,” he added.
An estimated 20,000 students have left for their native, where they are still stranded, the official said, adding that some of them might have also gone to other states.
“As public transport has been suspended, even though we issue e-passes, many students from poor families can’t pay huge money to hire vehicles to reach their respective places where they had enrolled in schools,” the headmaster of a government school in the city said. “Otherwise, the government has to spend a huge amount,” he added.
Tamil Nadu Teachers Association President PK Ilamaran also said that about 2,000 teachers would have left for their native places thinking that the government might cancel the SSLC exam or postpone it to July. “The government should help them to return to their place of work by arranging transportation,” he added.
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