Hyderabad: While the country has declared a Sankranti vacation from January 8-16, several schools and colleges have decided to continue with online class from January 10 to January 13.
Parents and teachers claim that the school has sent a message asking students to attend students.
“We were surprised to see a message because the country had announced a vacation,” said Pavan M, a parent.
Similar is the case with students from several technical colleges as well.
“We will continue to have an online class for the next four days,” said Charan K, a third year student BTECH.
The teacher said the school and college continued with online classes to collect full costs of parents.
“By doing online classes even during holidays, government school students and budget schools will lose,” said the President of the Telangana Personal Teacher Forum, added that most private schools have decided to continue the online class until Thursday.
The two Ali, President of the Telananga School employee association, Santosh Kumar said, “While the college quotes the resolution of the syllabus for its reasons, there is nothing wrong if students and staff are given a vacation for three to four days.” Meanwhile, the School Management Association recognized by Telangana said that some schools were sustainable classes because they had announced the exam schedule and would close as soon as the exam was finished.
They said that some schools also asked students to come because they set the vaccination drive.