Schools reopen with renewed hope; Minister urges end to mark-based comparisons

School bells rang again arsenic institutions reopened aft the summertime vacation, bringing caller vigor and renewed hopes to classrooms. The district-level inauguration of the schoolhouse reopening festival was held astatine SCG Higher Secondary School, Kottakkal, Mala connected Monday, and was officially inaugurated by Youth Welfare and Sports Minister O.J. Janeesh.

Addressing the gathering, the curate stressed that parents should not comparison students based connected marks. He noted that a pupil who scores the highest marks does not needfully go the champion idiosyncratic oregon citizen. The expanding unit placed connected children owed to world evaluations is simply a substance of concern, helium said, adding that peculiar attraction indispensable beryllium fixed to enactment and uplift students with learning difficulties.

As portion of the symbolic initiation ceremony, the curate introduced the satellite of letters to first-grade pupil K.S. Noor Saman by penning ‘Harishree’. He besides inaugurated the organisation of survey kits by handing them implicit to different Class 1 student, P.D. Delvin. In transportation with the caller world year, the curate besides launched the district-level anti-drug run titled ‘Tufan’ (The Narco Hunt), initiated by the State constabulary to curb cause activities astir schools. As portion of the campaign, sanction slips carrying anti-drug messages volition beryllium distributed to students successful 500 schools nether the Thrissur Rural jurisdiction.

The curate besides released a souvenir prepared arsenic portion of the aureate jubilee celebrations of SCG Higher Secondary School. The school’s archetypal headmistress, C. Janet, was honoured during the function. The artifact panchayat’s designation for the schoolhouse that secured the highest fig of A+ grades successful the SSLC introspection was received by Headmistress C. Grace Maria. K.M. Asmin, who scored a cleanable 1,200 retired of 1,200 successful the Plus Two Bio-Science stream, was besides felicitated.

District panchayat president Mary Thomas presided implicit the function, portion SSK District Programme Officer K.B. Briji presented the task details. A full of 1,007 schools successful the district, including 226 authorities schools, 664 aided schools, and 77 unaided schools, organised reopening celebrations connected a expansive scale.