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Tamil Nadu schools approach CBSE for shortening exam syllabus and setting up separate exams

150 Dec 12, 2015

CHENNAI: With incessant rainfall throwing life haywire in Tamil Nadu, CBSE schools in the state have suggested shortening the syllabus and setting up separate exam papers for Tamil Nadu students.

There has been an estimated loss of 26 working days, and schools are of the opinion that any number of additional hours will not help compensate for the lost time. According to a teacher at one of the prominent schools, they may discontinue all extra-curricular activities, and focus on class 12^th board examinations.From November 7 to December 7, the schools and colleges in the city have remained closed.

The state government has already postponed the half yearly exams of the state board schools. The CBSE schools in the state are approaching the Board for seeking solution to this crisis. Few schools like Bhavans Rajaji Vidyashramhave already met officials from CBSE, to consult them for seeking a solution. Shree Niketan Group of schools has sought a uniform advisory from the CBSE board.

CBSE Regional officer K Srinivasan said that the Board has been updated with the current state of affairs in the state, and a decision shall be out soon. The CBSE recently pushed the group mathematics Olympiad that was scheduled for December 6 to December 20 for Chennai centre alone.

Certain schools did conduct online classes during the holidays for the purpose of revision, but not all schools and students have had access to the internet. Teachers and parents hence fear that this may not be enough. Innumerable students and schools have lost their books and other documents during floods.

Minoo Agarwal, Principal of DAV Public School in Velachery, said that the entire ground floor of the school has been waterlogged. The administrative block, library and certain classrooms are still inaccessible. There is no way to reach these sections of the school and check the books and files inside. She fears that she isn't very hopeful of the school reopening even by the end of next week.

At IIT Madras, the 1^st phase of placements shall continue from January 6 to January 16, which was suspended after interviews were held on December 1. The second phase will begin from January 20. The institution issued a statement that all students are safe inside the campus, and the campus is almost free from water-logging.

Anna University has postponed its semester examinations. All 539 affiliated colleges have to follow the schedule, irrespective of whether they are a part of flood hit areas or not.

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