Schools prepare for admissions

Coimbatore: Schools in the district are preparing for conducting admissions for classes I, VI and IX from Monday.
An official communication from the chief education officer (CEO) to schools said that steps should be taken to ensure that Covid-19 guidelines are maintained during the admission process.
Government and government-aided schools are ready for the procedure, a teacher said.“Usually we would have around 200 application forms ready during admissions. This year also, we have kept the forms ready.”
As transfer certificates would be given through Education Management Information System (EMIS), a portal that connects all schools, teachers are preparing TCs for students who have to shift schools. “The portal has all details of students, including identification marks. We would prepare TCs using that.”
Meanwhile, representatives of private schools said they were waiting for parents to turn up on Monday for admissions. However, they don’t expect a big rush, as due to the pandemic, migration between schools would be minimal.
R Visalakshi, president of the Tamil Nadu Private Schools Association, said they were open for admissions for Classes I to IX. “But as movement between districts has been limited due to the lockdown, there would not have been transfers for parents, and there would also not be a rush for admissions,” she said. “Because of this, we can easily manage those who turn up for admissions. If a few tens of parents turn up, we can spread them out in classrooms to ensure distancing. We will also make sure that they wear masks and use hand sanitiser.”
Government schools have been provided with textbooks, which would be distributed to students on the admission day. Private schools, meanwhile plan to use PDFs of books and offer online classes.