This is to inform all guardians of the issues discussed and agreed upon at the TCS Coordination Committee meeting yesterday, attended by member-guardians, Principal and Coordinators.
The issues discussed and agreed upon are:
1) CANCELLATION OF CAIE MAY-JUNE BOARD EXAMINATIONS:
Due to the substantial increase of Covid cases in India, CAIE, UK has cancelled May-June Examinations and moved to school-assessed grades. The school will begin the exercise to award school-assessed grades to students, mostly from Classes X & XI (AS Levels) who were registered for this exam. Alternatively, students registered for exams can be withdrawn at the discretion of guardians with full credit for fees paid for May-June 2021 exams.
This will not affect our earlier class of Class XII students, most of whom took the Board examinations in March.
2) EARLY RESUMPTION OF ONLINE CLASSES FOR XI & XII (AS & A2 Levels):
Normally, the academic session begins in April. This time, students of our school who were to take Board exams started in February which continued for five weeks. Therefore no teaching time has been lost for which teaching need not be resumed now, in the wake of cancellation of Board Exams.
Moreover classes cannot be resumed since teachers are now teaching newly admitted students from other schools to bring them up to the level of our own students, and also because some of our students will be withdrawing from the board exams and some will have to be assessed for grades which teachers will be undertaking during the next one and half months. Therefore Classes XI & XII (AS & A2 Levels) will resume on 14 June 2021 along with all other classes.
3) RESUMING IN-PERSON SCHOOL:
Guardians and teachers have a higher level of fear this time, because children are getting affected. Even a hybrid model does not seem possible for the near future, as it is not safe for anyone to go to school.
In view of the possibility of multiple waves, a guardian said, and the committee agreed, that safety is paramount both for students and teachers now.
4) ONLINE CO-CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
The school has been contemplating online Co Curricular Activities, which however have the disadvantage of increasing on-screen time for already stressed students.
Guardians were of the opinion that such classes should be limited to one or two classes per week, and rather than activities like coding and chess which cannot be satisfactorily done entirely online, book-reading, speech & debate should be introduced.
5) SUPPORT AND APPRECIATION FOR SCHOOL AND TEACHERS:
Guardians extended their support to the school for what it has been doing since the Pandemic first stuck and teachers too were appreciated for their efforts. The cooperation and understanding of parents were also appreciated by the school representatives.
We all have to do our best for the children.
