TUTICORIN: The School Education Department is in the process of getting a school across Tamil Nadu ready to accommodate class IX students to XII starting September 1, conducting online classes for class I students to VIII and provide adequate infrastructure to government schools that have recorded an increase in registration numbers .
Speaking to reporters in Tiruchendur in Tuticorin District on Tuesday, Minister of School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said that students were depressed without attending classes at school.
“We want children to go to school, starting with class IX to XII.
We held complicated discussions with health experts,” he said.
Mahesh said that the initial discussion of the standard operating procedure (SOP) was held in Chennai on Monday and will be completed in a few days.
By stating that the SOP was prepared last year when there was a discussion to reopen the school, he added that they were reviewed to check whether there was something to add there.
“This will be completed in one or two days and will be informed through major education officers,” he said.
He said that there was a complicated discussion of preparedness for the third wave of Covid-19.
DRAF Documents about syllabus reducing for this year are ready and will be signed immediately and directed, he added.
The department complements government schools with teachers and adequate classrooms because there is a surge in registration from private schools.
“We have 2,04,379 students who enroll in more than 40,000 government schools until last week because people are economically affected by the pandemic.
While around 20 to 40 students are registered in many schools, in some schools of strength have more than double to 700, “he said.
Recognizing that very few government school students have access to smartphones and only around 60% of students who have network connectivity, he added that those in rural areas and tribes faced network problems.
The minister said that efforts were taken through the teacher to help them pursue learning and writing.
Some teachers go to students, collect a handful of localities and educate them.
Students with cellphones are asked to share assessment questions to reduce students around it and get written answers.
“We are not 100% successful.
It will take time,” he added.
For the allegations of private schools that force students to pay all costs despite the decision of the Madras High Court, he said that parents can submit complaints from full with the CEO office if their school disappoints.
“We warn the wrong school and will punish them if continuously,” he added.