Gujrat:June,2: The government run municipal schools in the have performed exceptionally well in the SSC examination as several municipal schools have shown more than 90% success rate and a ample numbre of students secured more than 550 marks out of total 600.
A boy from municipal English medium school, AKTP School in the city of Vijayawada, V V Saikrishna secured 564 marks, while D Nagakusuma of the same school got 553. A boy from Urdu medium school, Sk Shabbir Ahmed from MCU High School in Arundelpet secured 537 marks. A senior official said the fees are nominal.
"It is heartening to note that the civic schools have achieved a wonderful pass percentage. Parents from weaker sections and middle classes should join their children in these schools," observed MLC from teacher’s constituency.K.S Rao
The student numbers in the municipal schools is slowly going up in Jujrat as it touched 1,500 mark in the last academic year from 800-900 three years ago. "Despite our success rate, parents still flock to private schools which do not have qualified teachers," pointed out K Neelima Devi, municipal education officer. She said there were several toppers from municipal schools like K Rajeev Kumar who secured 571 marks.
Vijayawada Municipal Corporation runs four English medium schools in their area and three Urdu medium in addition to 25 Telugu medium high schools as well. From all the 32 schools, 1,783 students had taken part in the SSC-2011 exam, of which 1,504 are through in the exam. In addition to the high schools, the VMC runs 75 elementary schools with a total strength of over 29,000 students.
Among others, K Durga Bhavani of GDETMCH School got 568 marks, B Praneetha of BSRKMCH School secured 567, M Chiranjeevi of SPSMCH School got 566, J Umadevi of SK Baig municipal school and Sk Khader Vali of GMCH School got 564, V Naganjali of VMCH School of Patamatalanka got 559, T Bhaskar of VMCH got 555 and Varalakshmi of BSRKMCH School got 555 marks.
"We charge Rs 9 per year for below class VI, Rs 9.50 for class VII and Rs 10 from VIII to SSC. The fee is less than the cost of a notebook charged by the private elite schools," he reasoned. Many elite schools charging a fee of Rs 15,000-20,000 for day scholars, it is anywhere between Rs 40-50 thousand for hostellers.
"It is a good sign that our schools have been achieving good results in the past few years. No parent needs to worry about the performance of their wards in our schools," assured commissioner G Ravibabu.
Source :Times of India Vijaywada Edition
