HYDERABAD: With the Dasara vacation scheduled to end Monday, schools were at a loss whether to reopen or abide by the call by Telangana Joint Action Committee (TJAC) to remain closed till Oct.15.On Sunday, most school managements were hesitant to take a decision, looking for clarity on how severe the agitation will shape up on the morrow.“As per the academic calendar, all schools should reopen by Monday.Many teachers and junior college lecturers are willing to rejoin after the vacation, but it remains to be seen how many students will turn up in view of the APSRTC strike.In some schools the quarterly exams are scheduled to be completed before Oct.26,” said Dr E Bala Kasaiah, district education officer.Telangana teachers participating in the Sakala Janula Samme on Sunday continued to hang tough on closure of educational institutions until Oct.15, but several private schools in Hyderabad were inclined to reopen while at the same time weighing the risk of attracting the wrath of agitators.By late Sunday, schools like Oakridge, Gitanjali, Chinmaya Vidyalaya, Sreenidhi International decided to reopen in view of the academic days already lost.The situation for schools in the Telangana districts is infinitely worse, being in the thick of the strike.“We are waiting for other schools to take a decision and we will do accordingly,” said Arvind Kumar Chalasani, principal of Indus International School.He said his school has lost 15-20 days of classes due to bandhs so far, and had had to delay the mid-term exams.“We had to advance the Diwali vacation to Dasara and we have been conducting classes on Saturdays in order to complete the syllabus,” he said.Many schools had to postpone their mid-term or quarterly exams due to the shutdown. The situation in junior colleges as well as degree and engineering colleges is similar, being as they are more dependent on public transportation.And it is the final year students who are most anxious as a delay in completion of the course could set them back by a year.
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