Students from tribal school forced to travel 16km to take board exam
Pratiksha.Ramkumar | Mar 14, 2019, 04:26 ISTCoimbatore: Nearly 60 Class X students of the 43-year-old Anaikatti Tribal School have to travel 16km to Chinna Thadagam High School to write their board examination as the government is yet to make it an examination centre.
The children are thanking the school department authorities, who arranged a private school bus to pick up and drop them at the exam centre this year. They used to take government buses to the plains in the previous years.
The school, which was established in 1966, became a primary school in 1970 and a high school in 1994. “The school earlier had 1,500 students,” said A Joshua, a teacher. “It is only recently, after many smaller villages like Doomanur, Kondanur, Panapalli and Jambukandi got panchayat union middle schools of their own, the school’s strength came down to 430. Even now, our tribal school is the preferred option for many children on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, who want to study Tamil medium in high school,” he said.
Children come from Sholayur, Vattalakki, Agazhi and Vellaikulam. “The last year’s batch had to depend on government buses to reach the exam centre. For the 2pm exam, children ended up leaving at 12.45pm. Though the exam ends at 4pm, they could reach Anaikatti only around 5.45pm. This year, 31 boys and 28 girls will be travelling in the private school bus, which will be faster and safer,” Joshua said.
District education officer R Geetha had got in touch with Vidya Vanam school to arrange their bus for the children.
The children are thanking the school department authorities, who arranged a private school bus to pick up and drop them at the exam centre this year. They used to take government buses to the plains in the previous years.
The school, which was established in 1966, became a primary school in 1970 and a high school in 1994. “The school earlier had 1,500 students,” said A Joshua, a teacher. “It is only recently, after many smaller villages like Doomanur, Kondanur, Panapalli and Jambukandi got panchayat union middle schools of their own, the school’s strength came down to 430. Even now, our tribal school is the preferred option for many children on the Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, who want to study Tamil medium in high school,” he said.
Children come from Sholayur, Vattalakki, Agazhi and Vellaikulam. “The last year’s batch had to depend on government buses to reach the exam centre. For the 2pm exam, children ended up leaving at 12.45pm. Though the exam ends at 4pm, they could reach Anaikatti only around 5.45pm. This year, 31 boys and 28 girls will be travelling in the private school bus, which will be faster and safer,” Joshua said.
District education officer R Geetha had got in touch with Vidya Vanam school to arrange their bus for the children.
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