Mohammed Younus
The reluctant attitude of the management of St Francis High School coupled with official apathy forced a large number of students to change their school, as it was derecognised by authorities for failing to meet the standards of the school education department. Strangely, the school to which these students have been shifted, Vishwabharati High School in Rasoolpura, too has several shortcomings and it is bound to be shut down from the next academic year by the education department for failing to respond to notices given the school education department.
On Wednesday, a team of officials from DEO Hyderabad reached Vishwabharati High School to seal it as the school management ignored several notices that were served on it during the current academic year. Education department officials had shut down St Francis High School in the same locality a few months ago for failing to comply with the minimum eligibility criteria for running a school. Francis’ students were shifted to different schools, including the yet to be shut down Vishwabharati High School by the management in collusion with some education department officials.
Now, the students are forced once again to change the school for the same reason for which they were given transfer certificate. Ironically, the district education officials have turned a blind eye for allowing the management to start another school. District Education Officer R Somi Reddy said that notices have been served on the school earlier. Since the school management chose not to respond to several notices, we have decided to close down the school.
Reddy said that a meeting has been planned on February 20 with parents seeking their views and preferences on moving their children and students to yet another school for the academic year 2015-16. There are around 700 students studying in the school that is going to be shut in few days. Deputy DEO Vijaya Kumari said that she had visited the school campus to serve the notice on the management as it was not following any of the norms for recognition. She said that students would be shifted to nearby schools after discussing with the parents.
Meanwhile, agitated parents have alleged that some of the school education officials were going soft on the management and have not been responding to the grievances aired by several parents over the past one year. A parent, M Satyanarayana, whose kids are studying in the school said, “We are forced to run from one school to another and that school too is not following rules. This is resulting in lot of mental burden on us.” When the earlier school management did not follow norms, students from the school were shifted to another school with the same management, he alleged.
The reluctant attitude of the management of St Francis High School coupled with official apathy forced a large number of students to change their school, as it was derecognised by authorities for failing to meet the standards of the school education department. Strangely, the school to which these students have been shifted, Vishwabharati High School in Rasoolpura, too has several shortcomings and it is bound to be shut down from the next academic year by the education department for failing to respond to notices given the school education department.
Now, the students are forced once again to change the school for the same reason for which they were given transfer certificate. Ironically, the district education officials have turned a blind eye for allowing the management to start another school. District Education Officer R Somi Reddy said that notices have been served on the school earlier. Since the school management chose not to respond to several notices, we have decided to close down the school.
Reddy said that a meeting has been planned on February 20 with parents seeking their views and preferences on moving their children and students to yet another school for the academic year 2015-16. There are around 700 students studying in the school that is going to be shut in few days. Deputy DEO Vijaya Kumari said that she had visited the school campus to serve the notice on the management as it was not following any of the norms for recognition. She said that students would be shifted to nearby schools after discussing with the parents.
Meanwhile, agitated parents have alleged that some of the school education officials were going soft on the management and have not been responding to the grievances aired by several parents over the past one year. A parent, M Satyanarayana, whose kids are studying in the school said, “We are forced to run from one school to another and that school too is not following rules. This is resulting in lot of mental burden on us.” When the earlier school management did not follow norms, students from the school were shifted to another school with the same management, he alleged.
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