An increasing trend for admissions in Corporation Schools!
Posted on: 30/Jun/2021 12:26:07 PM
The officials of the Greater Chennai Corporation (GCC) informed that there is an increasing trend for admissions to the Chennai Metro City Corporation Schools.
The main reason for this trend has been attributed to the financial crunch due to the prevailing raging resurgent coronavirus pandemic! This has made many parents from economically backward sections shift their children to Corporation schools.
The admissions to Corporation schools began on 1st June! It will continue till the end of September.
According to Corporation data, its schools have already registered 14,161 new admissions by Monday. Within 15 days, a whopping 9,035 students from non-Corporation schools (including private schools) have been admitted!
The remaining 5,126 are from other Corporation schools. Last year, the city corporation admitted a total of 27,843 students, of which, 14,763 were from non-Corporation schools.
Information is gathered that admission in many schools, including the Corporation schools in Erukkanchery, Thana Street and Jones Road (Saidapet), are almost complete. Teachers and Corporation officials point out that parents who used to send their children to private schools can no longer afford them!
A GCC official; shared: “This is especially true for parents from the lower-middle class and economically backward families. They used to save up money to put their children in private schools. In our schools, there are absolutely no charges, barring Rs 50 for PTA registration.”
The Deputy Commissioner (Education) D Sneha, GCC, said that apart from this, the city Corporation is also briskly taking steps to improve admissions, and is conducting door-to-door awareness drives, under school students are offered various options of higher education scholarships, up to Rs 45,000 a year.
A Justin, district secretary of Tamil Nadu Elementary School Teachers Federation, shared: “Corporation schools have ramped up their infrastructure. Parents see the smart classrooms and other basic amenities, such as clean toilets and drinking water, and are happy to enroll their children here. Now, people working in the government and IT sectors are opting to send their children to our schools.”
