DESAM urges
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 18 2023:
The Democratic Students' Alliance of Manipur (DESAM) has stated that school authorities not allowing students to register for Class X (BoSEM) and Class XII (CoHSEMj examinations on the ground of low attendance, performing poorly in pre-Board or preCouncil examination etc is illogical, and asked the State Government to derecognise such schools 'which spoil the future of students' .
In a statement, DESAM continued that it is the responsibility of school authorities to pay special attention to students who perform poorly in the classes or school examinations and conduct extra classes for them by consulting with the parents.
Forbidding the students who have studied upto Class X or Class XII to not appear in the Board or Council examinations for not clearing pre-Board or Pre-Council, low attendance, not staying at hostels or any other reason when the examinations are approaching is akin to ruining their (students) future, DESAM added.
Asking whether the guardians were paying monthly fees throughout the year for their children to fail in pre-Board or pre-Council examinations and if restricting the students from appearing the examinations is the only alternative, DESAM further asked what the school authorities will do for the students who couldn't pass the pre-Board or pre-Council examinations.
The school authorities should have conducted extra classes for the low grade students and give them an opportunity to appear in the examinations , DESAM opined and added that blatantly restricting the students from giving the Board and Council is wrong.
"Are private schools only for high grade students and don't the school authorities know that the students can give compartment or improvement examinations even if they (student) fail in the Board or Council examinations," DESAM asked and urged the State Government to look into the matter too.
Claiming that some private schools taking security deposit to register students for the examination is morally wrong and unbecoming of the institutions.
DESAM said that some schools seeing students only as an asset to earn money is distressing.
School authorities not allowing students who have studied throughout the year to appear in the Board and Council examinations is nothing but a violation of student's right.
DESAM claimed and urged the State Government to derecognise the schools which only want to build their image.