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Schools are flooded with queries from parents and students on whether CBSE and ICSE board exams will be held on schedule as Covid-19 cases are rising across the country. The CBSE Classes X and XII, ICSE (Class X) and ISC (Class XII) theory papers are scheduled to start on May 4. Several school heads said the preparation for the exams was on across schools but there was an “increasing uneasiness” among the students and teachers. For both ICSE and ISC exams, admit cards have been distributed, answer sheets have reached schools and invigilation rosters across schools are ready. Question papers usually come 10 days before the start of the exam, at least two principals said. ....
Parents are ‘less prompt’ with tasks in junior online classes The school work has been piling up, several mothers say Parents of children in junior classes have become “lethargic” and “less prompt” about helping their wards complete or submit the work assigned by the school on time, said both parents and teachers. Children in the pre-primary and also in primary section have to be monitored by the parents. They cannot do the work on their own but the school work has been piling up, several mothers said. This is not the case when physical school was on, said a mother. ....
A fortnight into resumption of schools, in-person attendance in classes has dwindled. Several schools that had reported attendance between 70 and 90 per cent in the first few days of resumption, said it had fallen to between 20 and 60 per cent now. Schools across Bengal, which had shut down in March last year as a precaution against Covid, reopened for students of Classes IX to XII on February 12 following a nod from the state government. Many parents are not keen to send their children to school and many students, too, prefer the online mode. Some parents said it was almost the end of the academic session and there was no need to send the children to school. The spike in Covid cases in some states has also made them apprehensive. ....
A list of the awardees at the IIHM presents The Telegraph School Awards for Excellence 2020, 25th Edition, in association with The Bhawanipur Education Society College The Caring Minds Award for a ‘School that Cares’ Special mention (for handling the pandemic) Calcutta Rescue: Distributed smartphones among slum children Adamas World School: Provided a part of its Barasat campus to set up a quarantine centre Joint winners Antyodoy Ashram: Home to 78 children, orphans or children of single parents incapable of bringing them up Batighar Pathshala: School for 56 children, mostly from slums and footpaths Don Bosco School, Liluah: Host of welfare activities like teaching girls over 14 years for free and conducting night schools ....