School Education Minister K.A. Sengottaiyan said that action will be taken against private schools if they are found changing the quarterly and half-yearly marks of Class X students.
Addressing mediapersons at Kongarpalayam village in Gobichettipalayam block after inspecting the newly constructed check-dam across the Gunderipallam Canal on Friday, the Minister said mark registers of Class X students of private schools were already submitted to the department and a special officer was reviewing it.
“The government is monitoring the private schools and action will be taken against schools if violations are found,” he added.
To a question on teachers’ association demanding conduct of special exams for government school students who did not write their quarterly and half-yearly exams due to various reasons, the Minister said that it was the duty of the teachers to ensure that all students wrote their examinations. “We will consider all the problems that are highlighted and steps will be taken to rectify them,” he assured.
