TRICHY: When the cricket world cup fever is building up, students of Class 12 and their parents are a worried lot now as it may distract them from concentrating on their studies. Board examination for Class 12 begins on March 5 and ends on March 27.
India, the defending champion, will play three matches in this intervening period — against West Indies on March 6, Ireland on March 10 and Zimbabwe on March 14. Quarter-finals will be played on March 18, 19, 20 and 22, semi-finals on March 24 and 26 and the final on March 29. The world cup schedule and the board exams have put the students in a fix.
M Kesavan, a Class 12 student of a private school, was unable to focus on his preparations for the board examinations as high-flying India cruised to victory against arch-rival Pakistan in its first match.
"This is the worst time for the world cup to begin. Since it happens only once in four years I do not feel like missing it but I also have the responsibility to perform well in my examinations to get a seat in a good college. The cricket match is not allowing me to concentrate on my studies," says Kesavan.
Several students have already begun to argue with their parents to allow them to get at least a glimpse of the close encounters in the matches.
For their part, schools are making Class 12 students to sit in for extra hours and concentrate on studies and not get hooked to TV in watching matches.
M Asha, a school teacher at a government school in Manapparai, has been constantly urging her students to focus on studies and even have been making them to sit in school for extra hours than wasting time at home by watching television. Educationalists say that the education department for long has been maintaining a same schedule for examinations without any consultations.
Tamil Nadu Promoted Postgraduates Government Teachers Association founder president B Veman says that the education department has been maintaining the same time and schedule without prior consultation.
"The school education department has to look at all these factors and plan accordingly than putting the students in a difficult situation," he says.
However, many students stay focussed in their studies as they are well aware that it is the most important examination in their life, says Veman.
There are already several complaints from teachers in Srirangam that the distraction of by-election has made them to work more doubly for students who are going to take up board examinations.
Ever since the campaign began, several school activities were disrupted due to the bursting of crackers and cadres, said a school headmaster.
India, the defending champion, will play three matches in this intervening period — against West Indies on March 6, Ireland on March 10 and Zimbabwe on March 14. Quarter-finals will be played on March 18, 19, 20 and 22, semi-finals on March 24 and 26 and the final on March 29. The world cup schedule and the board exams have put the students in a fix.
M Kesavan, a Class 12 student of a private school, was unable to focus on his preparations for the board examinations as high-flying India cruised to victory against arch-rival Pakistan in its first match.
"This is the worst time for the world cup to begin. Since it happens only once in four years I do not feel like missing it but I also have the responsibility to perform well in my examinations to get a seat in a good college. The cricket match is not allowing me to concentrate on my studies," says Kesavan.
Several students have already begun to argue with their parents to allow them to get at least a glimpse of the close encounters in the matches.
For their part, schools are making Class 12 students to sit in for extra hours and concentrate on studies and not get hooked to TV in watching matches.
M Asha, a school teacher at a government school in Manapparai, has been constantly urging her students to focus on studies and even have been making them to sit in school for extra hours than wasting time at home by watching television. Educationalists say that the education department for long has been maintaining a same schedule for examinations without any consultations.
Tamil Nadu Promoted Postgraduates Government Teachers Association founder president B Veman says that the education department has been maintaining the same time and schedule without prior consultation.
"The school education department has to look at all these factors and plan accordingly than putting the students in a difficult situation," he says.
However, many students stay focussed in their studies as they are well aware that it is the most important examination in their life, says Veman.
There are already several complaints from teachers in Srirangam that the distraction of by-election has made them to work more doubly for students who are going to take up board examinations.
Ever since the campaign began, several school activities were disrupted due to the bursting of crackers and cadres, said a school headmaster.
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