A group of Class-XI students from a Dakshineswar girls’ high school on the northern fringes of the city held blades and threatened their headmistress after being denied permission to appear in a test due to poor attendance. The incident was captured in a video that went viral on social media.
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CHENNAI: Schools are in a fix about how to let State board students, who were recently promoted from class 10, to pick streams in class 11 as year-end examinations have been cancelled. While the decision was made last year based on the internal performance of the students (quarterly and half yearly exams), a systemic way eludes many school heads this year. They are waiting for the government to clear the air.
P Vijayalakshmi, the principal of Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Virugambakkam said that students will be allotted streams based on their preferences. We anyway do not make all decisions based on marks, but we base it on student interests. But if a student’s teacher feels that they cannot do well in a given stream, then we’ll discuss with the student and parents, she said.
Parents urge edu dept to drop FCFS mode admissions
Parents urge edu dept to drop FCFS mode admissions
BySukhada KhandgeSukhada Khandge / Updated: Jan 9, 2021, 06:00 IST
Claim it is unfair to pupils securing merit-based seats.
While tthe
online admission process for
Class XI students in the state is still going on, Maharashtra education department has announced that the admissions for the remaining seats will be done on a first-come-first-serve (FCFS) basis, adding that it would be the final chance for students to secure their admission.
Confirming the developments,
FCFS mode will be announced soon.
Miffed with the announcements, parents’ organisations have written to the school education department, urging it to revoke the decision. Citing that the move does not justify the admission process, parents are of the opinion that giving preference to the FCFS method would discredit merit and do grave injustice to students who are yet to bag admission and even those who have c