Telangana: Parents protest as schools make offline exams must
Representative imageHYDERABAD: After the schools have reopened for physical classes, school management said to have made offline exams mandatory for students of class 6 to class 9.
Parents and students alleged that despite making repeated requests, management are not giving them an option to appear for exams in online mode. They further claimed that many even discontinued online classes for upper primary and high school students. “My daughter’s school has made it mandatory for students to attend offline exams. For 90 minute examinations, they are asking us to send children to school for four hours. Parents have no say in this and are helpless,” said a parent, whose daughter is studying in class 9 in a well-known school in Secunderabad.
Another parent, whose children are studying in class 5 and class 7 said, “While my younger son has been allowed to appear for online examinations, for my elder one, school made it mandatory to appear for offline exams. They event discontinued online classes.”
Parents said the state should initiate action against managements that are forcing parents to send their children to schools for physical classes and offline exams.
They said schools are either openly saying that they would not promote a student if he/she failed to appear for exams or are informing parents that a decision would be taken at a later stage on the fate of absentees.
“Dear parents, the decision regarding the absentees for the offline examination will be taken after the completion of the examinations ie March 17, 2021,” said a message from a school in Sainikpuri.
Few even took to social media to raise the issue. “We want online exams as you know the Corona cases are rising and already in Delhi, many children are found Corona positive. I’m from Hyderabad and the cases are rising here day by day. My school is in Tirumalagiri and I’m in class 11,” read a tweet from @bibha_pothal. The Telangana Recognized Schools Managements, meanwhile, said that they won’t promoting students who failed to clear fee dues and write examinations.
Parents and students alleged that despite making repeated requests, management are not giving them an option to appear for exams in online mode. They further claimed that many even discontinued online classes for upper primary and high school students. “My daughter’s school has made it mandatory for students to attend offline exams. For 90 minute examinations, they are asking us to send children to school for four hours. Parents have no say in this and are helpless,” said a parent, whose daughter is studying in class 9 in a well-known school in Secunderabad.
Another parent, whose children are studying in class 5 and class 7 said, “While my younger son has been allowed to appear for online examinations, for my elder one, school made it mandatory to appear for offline exams. They event discontinued online classes.”
Parents said the state should initiate action against managements that are forcing parents to send their children to schools for physical classes and offline exams.
They said schools are either openly saying that they would not promote a student if he/she failed to appear for exams or are informing parents that a decision would be taken at a later stage on the fate of absentees.
“Dear parents, the decision regarding the absentees for the offline examination will be taken after the completion of the examinations ie March 17, 2021,” said a message from a school in Sainikpuri.
Few even took to social media to raise the issue. “We want online exams as you know the Corona cases are rising and already in Delhi, many children are found Corona positive. I’m from Hyderabad and the cases are rising here day by day. My school is in Tirumalagiri and I’m in class 11,” read a tweet from @bibha_pothal. The Telangana Recognized Schools Managements, meanwhile, said that they won’t promoting students who failed to clear fee dues and write examinations.
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