Nuh tops Class I admissions in govt schools

Ravinder Saini

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Tribune News Service

Rohtak, June 26

Government schools across the state have registered a total of over 1.06 lakh new admissions for Class I up to June 24 in the current academic session that commenced on May 1.

As per the records of the Education Department, Nuh district topped the tally with 13,664 followed by Karnal with 6,917 and Sirsa with 6,914 new admissions.

Jhajjar is at the bottom, with 1,750 admissions in the Class I, followed by Charkhi Dadri 1,790 and Rohtak 2,112.

“There is a pressure on the school heads for improving the number of students, hence they are carrying out a parents-contact programme in their villages or areas concerned to persuade them to get admission of their children done in government schools. The count is likely to increase in the coming days,” said an official.

The official record reveals that up to June 24, Fatehabad recorded 6,542 new admissions, Ambala 3,941, Bhiwani 4,120, Faridabad 4,336, Gurugram 3,788, Hisar 6,025, Jind 5,168, Kaithal 6,917, Kurukshetra 4,531, Mahendragarh 2,457, Palwal 6,458, Panchkula 3,069, Panipat 4,468, Rewari 2,430, Sonepat 5,118 and Yamunanagar 5,062 admissions in Class I.

Sources said as far as other classes were concerned, there were over 1.94 lakh admissions in Class II, 2.07 lakh in third, 2.16 lakh in fourth, 2.19 lakh in fifth, 1.95 lakh in sixth, 1.87 lakh in seventh, 1.92 lakh in eighth, 2.02 lakh in ninth, 1.83 lakh in 10th, 1.29 lakh in 11th and 1.46 lakh in Class XII up to June 24.

Diljeet Singh, district elementary education officer (DEEO), Jhajjar, said efforts were on to raise the strength of students. “We held a meeting of school heads on Friday to discuss various points for improving the strength further. Since the admission process is on, students’ strength will go up considerably in the coming days,” he said, adding that the academic session started on May 1, but the schools remained closed for several days due to the Covid situation.

Sunita Panwar, DEEO, Rohtak, could not be contacted for comments.