Haryana has observed 1.46 lakh students from private schools switching to government schools in the midst of COVID 19 pandemic.
The Haryana School Education Department stated that there is an 8% rise in admission in government schools this year. Out of the 1.46 lakh students who moved from private schools to government schools, 50,256 students have taken admission in classes 9 and 11 which is 34% of the total new admissions.
A total of 35,598 students have taken admission in class 11 out of which 23,114 are boys and 12, 484 are girls. A total of 14,658 students took admission in class 9 which comprises 9,302 hours and 5,356 girls.
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In Haryana, 19,902 students have switched from Private schools to government schools to take admission in Class 10 and 12. The number of students who have switched to government schools from private schools of class 12 is 7,877 and of class 10 it is 12,025.
In Hisar, a total of 13,227 students have switched from private schools to government schools followed by 9,798 students in Faridabad, and 9,589 students in Bhiwani. The lowest number of transfers is in Panchkula district, where only 2,688 students were shifted from private schools to government schools.
The private schools were charging high fees even without conducting online classes on time. Hence the children were moved from private schools to government schools, stated Satpal Ahlawat, a resident of Jhajjar.
Ahlawat also stated that the children were suffering a lot because of the online classes and they cannot maintain attention as compared to the physical classes. Hence he had moved his son who is in Class 5 and a daughter who is in class 7 to a government school.
Assistant Director of Haryana Secondary School Education Department, Nand Kishore Verma stated that over 34% of students who have previously studied in private schools were switched to government schools and are in classes 9 and 11.
Verma also added, “We have recorded an improvement of 8% in enrolment this year. Students are choosing government schools due to improvement in education standards and infrastructure, apart from COVID 19 crisis. The income of people has declined during the pandemic and they have realised that good education can be achieved in government schools too.”
In the academic year 2019-2020, both the toppers of the Haryana Class 12 Board Examination 2020 are from government schools.
The assistant director also said that the online classes were commenced in EDUSAT and local cable tv for free of cost. The results of the Haryana Class 12 Board Examination 2020 have proved that the government schools have put on a tough competition with the private schools since the difference in their pass percentage was only less than 1.5%.
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