CUDDALORE:Getting their children admitted in renowned private schools in the district must have been a far cry for many, but not for the parents of the three toppers, who scored 499 marks and stood state first in the class X board exams.
The three toppers are being wooed by private schools, who are going all out to take them in the higher secondary class. When this reporter went to Paranam village near Jayankondam to meet Barathiraja, a student of a government high school on Thursday, a group of people in a car were spotted waiting outside the school campus. It was learnt they were from a private school in Perambalur district and were trying to get Barathiraja into their school. Bharathiraja’s proud parents said, “So far, two schools contacted us and asked to let our son join their institution. They say we need not pay any fee.” Barathiraja’s parents are considering putting him into a private school in Namakkal.
Jayavandhana from a government school at Vazhapadi also got offers from private schools. Her parents said, “On Thursday, six private schools contacted us. My first preference is a government school. There is a model government school near Pethanaickenpalayam which teaches in English medium. We are considering that school. We have not taken any decision yet.”
Vaishnavi, a student of government girls higher secondary school in Pattukottai, said, I am keen on continuing my higher secondary in the same government school. After consulting my relatives, we will take a decision,” she added. When asked about this, educational activist Prince Gajendra Babu said, “Every year, private schools take the toppers of the government schools in all the districts. Going by the performance of the students and giving them admission, the private schools boast as if they are the best. If these toppers continued their higher secondary education in the government schools itself, the schools would have outshone the private schools in the exam results.”