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COIMBATORE: Parents of students in nearly 90% high and higher secondary schools here want them to be reopened for Class X and XII students after the Pongal holidays.
Schools had conducted consultation with parents in the last two days following a state government direction, an official with the school education department said. “While some parents participated in person, others phoned and sent letters. More people participated in the meetings, compared to the meetings conducted in November,” he said.
Of the 653 high and higher secondary schools in the district, 590 are in favour of reopening, the official said. “A majority of parents wants to send their wards to the school as they would be taking up board examination.”