The decision of the State government to advance the conduct of annual examinations for students from first to ninth class and conduct of remedial classes till April 23 (last working day) has drawn flak from teaching community and others alike.
The announcement on conducting examinations for primary and upper primary students when the SSC exams were being held in the State has become a cause for concern.
Keeping in mind the SSC exams, the government has asked educational institutions to conduct exams for first to ninth standard students from 2 p.m. to 4.45 p.m. from April 1 to 8 and in the morning hours from April 9 to 11.
“The government has announced half-day holiday for schools due to prevailing heat wave conditions. Then how could it ask us to conduct exams during afternoons. It would be difficult for students to appear for exams in the peak summer afternoons,” said a government school headmaster.
Students living in far away areas cannot reach the examination centres in this heat, said Telangana Rashtra Teachers’ Federation (TRTF) district president M. Prathap Reddy, adding that the government advanced the exam dates without consulting teachers’ unions or experts.
Also, a majority of teachers have been deputed as invigilators for SSC exams.
“How can these teachers visit their respective schools to conduct exams for primary and upper primary students?” he asked.
He also ridiculed the government’s decision to declare the last working day as April 23 when all the exams would be completed by April 11. He said that no student would attend school of the conduct of the annual exams.
Vivekananda Educational Institutions chairman S. Komuraiah said that the government should rethink about its decision and conduct the examination for primary and upper primary students after the SSC exams.
Officials helpless
Sources in the Education Department said that if the government decides to advance the examination, they were helpless and has to go by its orders.
