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Friday, November 25, 2011

Parents demand ESMA on schools

1.44 lakh private teachers will join 1.70 lakh government teachers in the strike
About 15,000 private schools and their 1.44 lakh teachers in the Telangana region have decided to go on an indefinite strike on Monday in response to the call given by the Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC).
Nearly 1.70 lakh government teachers in 30,000 government schools in the Telangana region have been on strike from September 16.
The managements of CBSE and ICSE schools and several parents’ associations have been demanding that the gov ernment bring schools under the Essential Services Maintenance Act (ESMA) to enable them to conduct the quarterly exams from Monday.
Several private schools affiliated to the state board have postponed the quarterly exams anticipating trouble because of the strike.
The decision to support the striking government employees as part of the Sakala Janula Samme was taken at a meeting of the Telangana Recognised Schools Managements Association (TRSMA) and Telangana Private Teachers’ Forum (TPTF) on Sunday . “The managements of 15,000 private schools in Telangana have agreed to close the schools from Monday in support of the Sakala Janula Samme. We demand the Centre and state governments to initiate the process of Telangana state immediately. We will continue the strike till the Centre and state governments come out with a positive statement on Telangana,” said Mr A. Papi Reddy, president, TRSMA.
About 1.44 lakh teachers of private schools have also decided to go on indefinite strike from Monday.
Two city schools among top 10
Two schools from Hyderabad were among the top-10 in the “Most Respected Day Schools and International Schools category” in the Education World-C Fore Schools Survey 2011.
In Day School category, the Gitanjali School stood at the 8th place while in International School category, the Indus International School secured 10th place.
Education World in association with C fore conducted survey to rate India’s most respected Day, Boarding and International Schools of 2011. The Shri Ram School, Delhi; Rishi Valley School, Chittoor and the Woodstock School, Mussoorie have been voted India’s most respected day, boarding and international schools respectively in the survey.

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