VIJAYAWADA (Summer classes not good for kids) : Despite strict instructions from the government, corporate schools and colleges across the state are at liberty to conduct classes in summer holidays in the name of intensive summer coaching.

Summer classes not good for kids

Clear instructions from minister for human resources Ganta Srinivasa Rao were being ignored by officials and raising suspicions.

Summer Classes Would Harm Your Children

Doctors said that excessive burden on students in the name of summer classes would harm the child’s mental growth.

Corporate educational institutions have made summer coaching compulsory. Some schools have started the next academic year in the place of remedial classes.

Majority of junior colleges across the state are conducting summer classes creating problems to the students, who have been getting sick with the scorching heat.

Private Colleges Putting More Stress On Kids

“Private schools and Colleges are conducting classes without following the rules. Junior colleges are organising regular classes in the name of betterment coaching. Education department is taking a step back on this issue as these institutions are owned by TD ministers and MLAs,” says Progressive Democratic Students Union (PDSU) state secretary A. Ravi Chandra.

Psychiatrists are against summer classes as they increase burden on students
and it affects mental growth.

Need’s For Growth Of Your Children

“Summer vacation is much needed for the psychological growth of children. Other activities like music, sports and travel will help children learn about life. This excessive pressure is the reason for depression and suicidal tendencies, “said psychiatrist Dr Indla Wishal Reddy.

95% engineers in India unfit for coding jobs: Recently a survey has been made on IT and dada science ecosystem in India; the survey has reported that 95% of Engineers are unfit for coding jobs. As per the Survey, only 4.77% of candidates are worth in coding. The remaining others are not up to the mark in coding.

95% Engineers In India Unfit for Programming (Coding) Jobs: Report

A study has been made on 36,000 Engineering students from 500 colleges. The Survey has been specially made on Machine Learning based assessment of software development skills; in this study 2/3 of the individuals were not written the compiler understandable coding. In this study, an interesting aspect revealed is that 60% of individuals cannot even write the coding properly. Only 1.4% is correct in this.

The employability gap can be credited to repetition learning based methodologies instead of really writing programs on a PC for various issues. Also, there is a shortage of good instructors for programming, since most great software engineers land positions in industry at great pay rates, the review said. In addition, programming abilities are five times poorer for level III schools when contrasted with level 1 universities.

“Sixty nine per cent of candidates from top 100 colleges are able to write a compilable code versus rest of the colleges where only 31 per cent are able to write a compilable code,” the report said.

Source: http://www.business-standard.com

AP Inter Board Summer vacation for the academic 2016-17: All the Principals of Junior Colleges and composite Degree colleges offering Intermediate courses in the State are here by informed that, the colleges will be closed for summer vacation for the academic year 2016-2017 from 29.03.2017 to 31.05.2017 (both days inclusive) and the date of re-opening after summer vacation is 01.06.2017 for the academic year 2017-18.

Board of Intermediate Education AP Summer vacation for the academic 2016-17

It has come to the notice of the undersigned that some of the Colleges are functioning and running classes during the summer vacation. It is not proper and the managements are not following instructions issued by this office vide this office academic calendar Rc.No.99/E3/Calendar/2016-17 dated: 23.04.2016 stating that:

1. All the Managements of private un-aided Jr. Colleges were informed that according to Annual Calendar of 2016-17 the Jr. Colleges are deemed to be closed for summer vacation from 29-03-2017 to 31-05-2017.

2. Admissions shall be made only in accordance with the admission schedule announced by Andhra Pradesh State Board of Intermediate Education.

3. No college shall indulge in undue canvassing to force/ convince/ attract students which results in unhealthy competition among colleges.

4. No advertisement should be carried out through hoardings, pamphlets, wall writings, electronic media or print media etc., that will result in unhealthy competition among the colleges.

5. All the principals of un-aided Junior Colleges are instructed not to offer or promise any guarantee of performance or success at a public examination in advance as an inducement for admission as it amounting to violation of Rule 7 of Andhra Pradesh pubic Examinations (prevention of Malpractice & Unfair means) Rules 1997 issued in G.O.Ms.No.114, dated 13.05.1997. Any violation noticed will be dealt under Law.

In view of the above, the Principals are requested to adhere to the above schedule strictly. Further, all the Principals and the Managements of Aided and Private un-aided Junior Colleges in the state are instructed not to conduct any classes during the summer vacation and no advertisements should be carried out through hoardings, pamphlets, electronic media / print media and wall writing etc. regarding running the classes during the summer vacation and making the admissions prior to the release of admission schedule by the Board of Intermediate Education, A.P., the violation of instructions will be viewed seriously and action will be initiated against the erring Managements / Principals.