Jamshedpur schools reopen after summer vacation

Jamshedpur, June 13: The scorching and humid weather in the region could not stop the zeal and enthusiasm of hundreds of tiny tots to mark their attendance in classes as after almost 40 days of schools reopened on Monday.

Principals and teachers of schools confirmed good attendance of their students. According to a teacher of Beldih Church School, attendance on the first day of the school always remains good, because children are keen to meet their friends, classmates and teachers.

“During the vacations, generally all the students go out of station. All of them have stories to tell so the first day at school generally passes holding interactive sessions with students and the proper studies are expected to begin from Tuesday,” said Shamiksha Singh, a student of class III at a school.

“The first day went by chatting to teachers and friends. Teachers introduced us with the new subjects and new chapters that we are going to read in the class further”.The nightmare of getting the holiday homework checked also did not go away from the minds of hundred of tiny tots on the very first day of the school.Due to this reason, there were also few students who did not reach their school. “I did not complete my holiday homework yet, so my mother told me not to go to school today. I will complete it in a few more days and then will appear in class”, says Muskan Kumari, a student of class II of a school.

While students had their own tales of woe, the principals presented their own case to justify their stand. “Today, every individual has to live under an optimum amount of pressure. This is especially true of the student community, who have to strike a balance between academics and enjoyment,” a principal. “I agree that it might have dampened their spirits to a certain extent, but the host of in-house events I have chalked for them won’t be possible otherwise,” added the principal.

Even as students complained about examination-phobia dampening their spirits, some managed to share in the revelry with friends. “I studied for a couple of hours everyday but I also went shopping with my friends and family,” said Debjani Dutta of Rajendra Vidyalaya School, with an excitement hard to miss in his voice.