Port Blair, Jun 11: Carmel Senior Secondary School, Port Blair, one of the premier institutions of Andaman and Nicobar, has again come into picture because of its system of dispersion of students after the school hours.
According to the sources the school is practicing a system where the dispersion of the students after the school hours, is done in two shifts one for the tiny tots that is the junior students, who are dispersed at 1:15 PM and second for the seniors, who are dispersed at 1:30 PM.
Sources claimed that the junior students after dispersing from the classes reach the main gates of the school by 1:30 PM, carrying their heavy bags by that time the seniors are also dispersed and hence it becomes too difficult for tiny tots to come out and look for their parents. Moreover the road infront of the school is too narrow and hence movement of vehicles becomes impossible.
The senior students who are dispersed by the school authorities at 1:30 PM also reach the gate, almost at the same time and a huge crowd of the students from the school accumulates near the gate, which results in a total chaos.
“The seniors, juniors and the parents all remain in hurry after the dispersal of the school to reach home and it becomes a hectic situation for the tiny tots since they go with the flow of the students and due to pushes and pulls they sometimes even fall down and sustain some injuries,” said an angry parent.
Andaman Sheekha contacted the Principal, Carmel Senior Secondary School Port Blair to make her aware and to suggest her to disperse the tiny tots at 1:00 PM.
The Principal, Carmel Senior Secondary School told Andaman Sheekha that the timings cannot be changed as they are made keeping in consideration some reasons.
“The reason for the dispersal of the small children at 1:15 pm is because some of them have siblings in senior classes who take them home and it will then make it difficult for them to go home together and will put extra burden on parents. Further parents who wants a change should talk to me directly rather than taking a different channel.”
On the issue of Admitting more than 50 to 60 students in a class, the Principal refused to provide the exact number of lower classes saying “Parents come and requests us to admit their respective wards which in-turn increases the intake.”
