Anxiety levels among the students taking intermediate final and CBSE examinations and their parents have been going up with the government sticking to its stand on conducting the exams on March 10, while the political JAC, too, has not changed its stand on organising the ‘million march' to Hyderabad to press for bifurcation of the State.
While final year Intermediate students are to take their English exam, CBSE class ten students will have to appear for their social studies paper on March 10, a day on which separate Telangana parties want to mobilise one million people in Hyderabad pressing for formation of a separate Telangana.
The slender hope of either the political parties postponing the programme or the government announcing the postponement of the exam dimmed on Wednesday, as both sides stuck to their positions. Reproduced below are some of the mails sent by parents and students in response to a news item highlighting their predicament in The Hindu on March 1.
Students should
raise their voice
The time has come for the students to raise their voice and fight it out. Our generation could not do it in 1969. As a result, we all lost an academic year or two. It took nearly 25 years for us to recover from the shattered image of Osmania University. In those days, every employer across the country would bar Osmania graduates from recruitments. Who benefited from the agitation except politicians? Nothing is going to happen even now because partition of a State involves many issues which neither the UPA nor the NDA government can sufficiently address. Kiran Mandava
Alternative for students
In case these agitators do not reschedule the march, then an alternative for students is to remain on the school premises. The respective school authorities should make arrangements for the students' stay, so that there is no tension and students will not miss their exam. Alternatively, parents should stay nearer to the exam centre and families near the school premises should graciously help these students.
Thayani
Pawn in their game
Chairman of T-JAC and various political parties are quite aware of the examinations from the beginning of March till the end of May when most of the career oriented examinations are held. They have deliberately opted for these months to use children as a pawn in their political game. After all, children of the leaders are not at stake.
N. Nagarajan
TJAC should
postpone stir
Students have already lost one year by way of indefinite bandh. A number of Engineering seats remained vacant during this year as many students migrated to other States. There are no campus interviews in many colleges. T-JAC should postpone their agitations to May when all the examinations and entrance tests will be over. The Central government should intervene in this matter and find an amicable solution.
V. Vishwanath
Don't disturb
academic schedule
Agitators have a right to protest but it should not disturb the academic schedule. They can plan it during May when students too will be available for the show of strength. A true leader should always try to integrate, and not disintegrate. It's time the student community rose against the political drama and asserted their right to education.
Visalam Raghunath
Stir to affect students' mental orientation
As the parent of a senior Intermediate student, I can feel the turmoil faced by many others due to everyday agitations. Students study with single-minded determination; parents sacrifice many things, living in a different world for two years with no trace of entertainment. March, April and May, with their very many exams and entrance tests are crucial for students, and even a small change during this period will definitely affect their minds. K. Arun
No empathy for agitators
It is highly regrettable and condemnable that the precious time of students is being ignored by the Telangana activists. Let them do the agitation in a peaceful manner. If they continue to harass the general public, nobody will empathise with them.
Prakash N. Bhat
Inter Board should advance exams
I suggest that the Intermediate Board explore the possibility of conducting English Paper-II exam on March 8 or 9 in the afternoon, as the Intermediate First Year students have the exam in the morning hours only.
E. Srinivasa Charyulu
(email your views on the Inter imbroglio issue to ‘hydlife@thehindu.co.in')
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