Covid-19 pandemic: Parents, school managements demand en masse promotion

AHMEDABAD:AMID GROWING CONCERNS OF CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC ,THE GUJARAT RAJYA SHALA SANCHALAK MAHAMANDAL (GRSSM) HAS IN AN INTERNAL MEETING SUGGESTED THAT ALL STUDENTS FROM CLASS 1 TO CLASS IX BE PROMOTED TO A HIGHER STANDARD BASED ON THEIR PERFORMANCE IN HALF -YEARLY AND INTERNAL EXAMS.

AT A CONVENTION OF (GRSSM) HELD IN AHMEDABAD IT WAS ALSO PROPOSED THAT THE NEW ACADEMIC YEAR WHICH WAS TO BEGIN FROM APRIL 20 SHOULD BE POSTPONED TO JULY.

THE NEW ACADEMIC SESSION SHOULD BEGIN FROM FIRST WEEK OF JULY AND SCHOOLS SHOULD REMAIN CLOSED TILL THEN .WE HOPE THAT BY THAT TIME THE CORONAVIRUS THREAT WOULD BE GONE.SAID BHASKAR PATEL PRESIDENT OF (GRSSM).HE FURTHER SAID THEY WOULD MAKE REPRESENTATION TO THE STATE GOVERNMENT ABOUT THE RECOMMENDATIONS THEY HAVE MADE AT THEIR TUESDAY MEET.

THE CONVENTION WAS ATTENDED ONLY BY THE GENEARL SECRETARIES ,PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT OF THE ASSOCIATION AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE TO THE PANDEMIC DISEASE .

IN ORDER TO BRING UNIFORMITY TO THE ACADEMIC YEARS OF THE CENTRAL BOARD AND THE STATE BOARD THE STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT HAS DECIDED THE ACADEMIC YEARS FROM APRIL INSTEAD OF JUNE..