The Hindu : Tamil Nadu / Chennai News : Students protest school's move to withdraw Plus-II admissions

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Students protest school's move to withdraw Plus-II admissions

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Tiruvallur district administration has refused to renew accreditation

TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION: Students and their parents discuss the status of government recognition to the Britannia Higher Secondary School in Padi with its representative during their protest on Thursday. — Photo:K. Pichumani

CHENNAI : Students and parents staged a demonstration in front of a government-aided school in Padi on Thursday, protesting the institution's decision to withdraw admissions to those getting into Standard XII this year.

Britannia Higher Secondary School took the decision following the Tiruvallur district administration's refusal to renew its accreditation for the higher secondary classes.

A total of 105 students are to be issued transfer certificates by the school. Several students and their parents demanded that the school take the responsibility for getting them admitted in other schools.

One of the parents R. Russell said the school announced its decision only on Tuesday, even as the admission process in other schools was coming to a close. "I cannot get my sons admitted in any other school now," he said.

Several parents alleged that the school management was aware that it would be denied renewal of accreditation for higher secondary classes.

A parent N. Kamakshi voiced her concern over the possibility of her son losing an academic year. "How will I find another school that would admit my son in the same group within a short span?" she asked.

A student S. Chandrasekar said he learnt the management's decision from the notice board on Tuesday. As the school was firm on issuing transfer certificates to them, the students decided to stage a protest, he added.

The school was allegedly denied renewal of accreditation on issues pertaining to the playground, infrastructure and hygiene.

School correspondent Theobald Vasigaran said higher secondary classes were started in 2001 and six batches of students have passed out so far. "We got the approval renewed in 2003 from the Tiruvallur district Chief Education Officer," he said, adding that the management was trying its best to renew recognition for Standards IX and XI this academic too.

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