Mangalore: Schools Reopen Amidst Absence of Teachers
Pics: Sphoorty Ullal
Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (SP)
Mangalore, May 28: All the primary and high schools in the state have reopened today to a mixed reaction from the students and teachers alike. While the students feel disappointed about the fact that their summer holidays spent in the company of friends and relatives have ended and the back-breaking routine has begun, they are also enthusiastic about their new classes, new teachers and the likelihood of finding some new faces in their classes.
The schools will use the first two days for cleaning the premises. On May 31, the opening ceremony of the academic year will be held in all schools as per the government instructions. On that day, the schools will be decorated with green festoons and new students will be admitted.
A majority of the teachers are still busy with census work. In some smaller schools, where the number of teachers is handful, predicament of who will open and run the schools during the first few days, has set in. Even though the census work is scheduled to be completed by May 30, in most of the cases, the work has not progressed as expected, because of non-availability of the citizens during the visits by enumerators, or lack of sufficient information, it is learnt.
Since the last couple of weeks, heavy rush was observed in cloth stores, book stores and shops dealing in footwear, as the parents were seen busy preparing for the Dday. Younger students are seen brimming with pride at the prospect of wearing new dresses, rain coats and carrying new books to school.