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Saturday, July 05, 2008

Students fret over admission

Statesman News Service
MALDA, July 3:-
The Malda sub divisional officer and district inspector of schools have formed a six men committee to resolve the ongoing admission problems in Class XI, this year.

Yesterday, the meeting was organized by the SDO and DI in a bid to form this committee and review the entire situation.

The district inspector of schools has received nearly 500 complaints, regarding admission problems, from the students and their guardians.

Ms. Arunima De, the Malda SDO said: "After primary security of these applications, it was unveiled that around 300 students, all this year’s Madhyamik pass-outs, have been denied admission forms by the schools authorities”.

"The authorities of all higher secondary schools have been instructed to declare the sanctioned strength and present number of students, admitted in Class XI in science, arts and commerce within three days", Ms. De added.

According to the secondary district inspector of schools, the six men committee presided by headmistress of Malda Barlow Girls' Higher Secondary School , would take necessary steps to admit the deprived students , based on their merit .

The Malda DI, Mr. Chinmay Sarkar indicated that committee can also recommend students and get them admitted to certain schools, according to their vacancies and accommodation.


Several higher secondary school teachers were clearly vocal about the problems related to admission. They also argued that, for some students, selecting reputed schools has become problematic.

This year, it was discovered that many students, who have secured marks between 45 to 50 percent or more, in the Madhyamik , were denied admission to may famous schools , that topped the priority list of most.


Several students encountered admission problems to the reputed schools of English Bazaar town. They had to pit against students, who secured more than 65 and 70 percent in the secondary.

One girl, who passed Madhymik from the Malda Girls’ High School, securing 619 marks in aggregate, wanted admission in Barlow Girls’ School.

She preferred science to any other stream but to her dismay, she was not selected by her preferred school since she was judged on the basis of merit and was lagging behind, in terms of marks. #


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