July 9, 2020
While infections among children are less, several other issues are affecting children nowadays, says Dr. Benny Benjamin, an Alwarpet based paediatrician. He says, “There have been certain advantages to the lockdown. Number of children with coughs and colds has come […]
July 2, 2020
V-Excel Educational Trust, which runs a special school at Mandaveli and a vocational training centre at Luz will be conducting a series of webinars this month. The schedule is as follows: July 11 – Teaching social skills and emotional regulation […]
July 1, 2020
With schools and colleges shut all over the state and no information about admissions into colleges, schools are not really sure what to do. The principal of Rani Meyammai Girls School, R. A. Puram, V. Amudha says, “The class XII […]
June 22, 2020
Just recently, Vidya Mandir, Mylapore was featured on television (History channel) as one of the schools in the neighbourhood that had installed an atmospheric water generator at their campus. The equipment built by Vayujal Technologies Private Limited, a start up […]
June 20, 2020
Online sessions for the students of Vidya Mandir, across all classes, started on June 10. Despite the initial hiccups, the principal of the school, Shoba Raman says the parents, teachers and students are now well adjusted to the routine and […]
June 20, 2020
Till last year, Sir Sivaswami Kalalaya Higher Secondary School, a state board school which had classes XI and XII only, functioned out of its campus at West Circular Road, Mandavelipakkam. Now the school has been shifted to a building inside […]
June 15, 2020
Admissions are now open for students of class VI (they must have passed class V) at Sri Ramakrishna Mission Students Home at P. S. Sivaswami Salai, Mylapore. Students who have completed class X can apply for admission into the polytechnic […]
June 11, 2020
On Monday, June 8, a few students of St. Raphael’s Girls School, San Thome were seen in school uniform near the school. This raised the eyebrows of local residents. Now, staff at this school say the girls had come to […]
June 10, 2020
The class X exams and the pending exams for class XI have been cancelled for all Tamilnadu state board students and all the students will be promoted to the next class. An announcement to that effect was made by the […]
June 8, 2020
The students of P. S. Senior Secondary School, Mylapore have been quite busy since the lockdown. Till May 15, the students, especially classes IX to XII, had more than three hours of classes online everyday, complete with projects and tests. […]
June 7, 2020
On June 1, the middle and high students of Sivaswami Kalalaya Senior Secondary School, Mylapore started their classes online. A senior staff member at the school says, “When we interacted with the parents, we realised that many of them did […]
June 6, 2020
If you were not aware: a number of schools in Mylapore have formally opened their new academic year for 2020-2021 on June 1. These schools mailed / WhatsApp-ed the information to all parents last week and also shared a set […]
May 28, 2020
S. Rajeswari (name changed) has been a social science teacher for middle and high school students at a state run school in the neighbourhood for five years. She says the lockdown has made things difficult for teachers who work with […]
May 23, 2020
Sprouts Montessori School was started by Smita Visweshwar in 2004 with one classroom for three to six year old children. Expanding slowly, they are now ready to admit students into classes IX and X from this year. Smita says, “Last […]
May 22, 2020
The TN State Board exams for class X students which were scheduled to be held on June 1 was postponed to June 15 by the school education minister K. A. Sengottiyan recently. The principal of the Chennai High School at […]
