Frustrated parent of a DPS boy pens a painful note

Delhi Public School Athwajan

SRINAGAR

“My son is a student of Delhi Public School (DPS), Athwajan, Srinagar, fortunately, that has become an unfortunate eventuality of my life as a parent. This is because DPS seems to care little for the safety and sanity of its students and more about its own concealed agendas. I say so because:

One, I was in a state of disarray yesterday after an SMS from the school announced that the school would start regular class work from December 3. It sounded confusing in the backdrop of the verbally transmitted message by DPS teachers and coordinators that the final term exam would be a “home exam” – an exam to be conducted at home with the parent as the invigilator.

We were asked to collect question papers on December 1, and submit the same from December 10 to December 24.

Got it! No.

Well when students are attending to their final exams at home, how would they be able to attend school and vice versa. I guess DPS has its own reference text to LOGIC.

Students could go insane!

And, ha!, when the school coordinators are asked what the kids are supposed to do in the school since they are attending to their “home exam” which may well take up to December 24, to complete, they tell us that some “entertainment” has been organized for them. Entertainment. Exams. Enquiry!!! I could have the laugh of my life.

Two (as in more important than one), the school was shut for more than four months. It was not advisable (read possible) for buses carrying students to shuttle under the imminent threat of attacks (you know the nature). Then, the school itself faced a threat (well a “good” number of schools have gone up in flames). That was sensible.

Now the school announces that REGULAR CLASSWORK WILL START FROM DECEMBER 3, and everyone here knows that the situation is volatile enough even though it might have gone “subterranean” due to “extreme measures” taken by the state administration thus thrusting volatility underground which can explode anytime of the day. The buses and the school is vulnerable and that means our children are face to face with a life threat. Now what kind of parent would put his or her child into a life threatening situation? The school does not care about this and merrily announces “regular school work”.

I was figuring that only our children have grown sloppy staying home all the time owing to the turmoil. But now I am convinced that DPS administration has also gone berserk under the circumstances.”

(The piece was written by a parent who says he is frustrated with the way his kids are being handled by their school at his cost. The parent wishes to stay anonymous.)

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