The schools have reopened from November 2 in Andhra Pradesh after Coronavirus cases came down a little bit in the state. In a phased manner, the colleges are also being opened. Now, the intermediate classes that are scheduled to begin on Monday are postponed yet again.
The AP Intermediate Board officials have announced that the new schedule will be released soon. The decision on postponement was taken following the private colleges going to the court on the issue of the permitted class strength.
In view of the Covid guidelines, the Government permitted only 40 students per class. But, the college managements petitioned the court for restoring the class strength to 88.
The Government has permitted admissions for online enrollment. However, the college managements are appealing for offline admissions.
The college managements petitioned the court that the Government started the online admissions without giving prior intimation or guidelines to anybody. The process of reopening educational institutions had landed in many troubles in view of conflict of interests between stakeholders due to Coronavirus impact. The situation is expected to continue to be problematic till vaccine is available.
AP inter classes postponed again due to court case
HC stays inter online admissions
The Andhra Pradesh High Court ordered a stay on the intermediate online admission process in the state.
The Intermediate Board has recently issued a notification for admission into two-year intermediate courses in general and vocational streams in various colleges through an online process. The last date to apply for admission was October 29. However, the Andhra Pradesh government’s online admission process was challenged in the High Court.
Hearing the petition, the High Court while staying the online admission process, questioned the state education ministry under what rules did the government gave a notification for online admission for intercourses. The petitioner pleaded the court to direct the state government to halt the online admissions for intermediate courses stating that such a process would adversely impact the students.
The petitioner contended that the admission process without counseling sessions is stressful for students because of multiple options available for a single subject. He argued that it is extremely stressful for students to choose specializations, preferred choices of college, and course without counseling sessions.
Hearing the petitioner, the HC observed that due to the online admission process students will be deprived of counseling sessions that are held before admission into intermediate courses. The students will not be able to make the right choice of courses and colleges without counseling sessions. While staying the online admission process, the court posted the matter to November 9.