School exams will be conducted as planned, says Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi

Minister assures Tiruchi school exams will proceed as planned, awards presented to outstanding Head Masters and schools.

School final examinations will be conducted as planned, said Minister for School Education Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi here on Wednesday.

In a brief interaction with media persons here, he indicated that the examinations would not be affected due to Lok Sabha elections.

The Minister presented ‘Aringar Anna Thalamaithuva Viruthu’, an award for best Head Masters (HM) who worked for the betterment of their schools and ‘Perasiriyar Anbazhagan Viruthu’ for schools that excelled in implementing government schemes.

Speaking on the occasion, Mr. Poyyamozhi said, ‘’HMs should consider their schools as their home and take care of every aspect of its workings for the betterment of the institutions. Right from the higher education secretary to others here ,including myself, were products of Government and Government aided schools. HM’s should not undermine students under their control.’’

Further, ‘’the Tamil Nadu government has allotted thousands of crores for the department. I urge the officials and HMs to report to us any infrastructure shortcomings that affect their work. As of now around 13,000 women students who earlier dropped out of higher education have resumed studies, thanks to the Puthumai Pen scheme,’’ he added.

J. Kumaragurubaran, Secretary, Department of School Education, said though the infrastructure of schools were more developed when compared to the past, there are issues in learning outcomes. This should be taken seriously by the HMs. “The HMs should be careful in implementing the CM’s Breakfast Scheme as there are issues when students are given food for a second time after their breakfast at home. Discussions are on how best to tackle this problem,’’ he said.

“The government wants to ensure that all schools have proper buildings by 2025, he added.