Impact of NEET? Sheen off bio, fizz back in comp sci
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com 24.05.2018
After the NEET fiasco, biology seems to have lost its sheen among students applying for Class XI in Tamil Nadu schools with computer science gaining more prominence among science aspirants.
For non-science students, business maths and commerce have emerged the most soughtafter courses, say teachers and students. “Of the 500 applications we received on Wednesday, nearly 300 were for computer science group. Another 150 applied for business maths and commerce and less than 50 applied for bio-maths and computer science,” said C Velusamy, headmaster of a government higher secondary school in Trichy.
The trend was no different when it came to private matriculation schools as well, said R Vishalakshi, president of Tamil Nadu Private Matriculation Schools Association. “Only those who are keen on pursuing medicine have expressed interest towards biology courses”.
A government-aided school headmaster from Kancheepuram said many students found this year’s biology paper tough as they were unable to simultaneously balance the state board syllabus and NEET preparation. “So, they have intentionally avoided applying for biology courses. All the four core subjects in bio-maths group are tough. So, it is better to avoid the risk and opt for computer science,” said S Jeya, a Class 10 student from Madurai. Government has revamped higher secondary computer science education this year. According orders issued on Wednesday, three different types of computer science courses will be made available to science, arts and vocational students.
M Chandran from Post Graduates Teachers’ Association said that besides employment opportunities after completing BSc or BCom, many find business maths easy.
However, the issue here is that not many government schools have enough commerce teachers and some do not offer the course, said a district education officer request-
ADMISSION ROW
Several mediocre and low achievers were alledgedly denied Class XI admission in their own school. Despite a Madras high court ruling that schools should prefer own students over newcomers when it comes to Class XI admissions, those who have 300 or below had a tough time finding a seat. The situation was worse in city schools as those who scored 75% were denied application forms. TNN
Ram.Sundaram@timesgroup.com 24.05.2018
After the NEET fiasco, biology seems to have lost its sheen among students applying for Class XI in Tamil Nadu schools with computer science gaining more prominence among science aspirants.
For non-science students, business maths and commerce have emerged the most soughtafter courses, say teachers and students. “Of the 500 applications we received on Wednesday, nearly 300 were for computer science group. Another 150 applied for business maths and commerce and less than 50 applied for bio-maths and computer science,” said C Velusamy, headmaster of a government higher secondary school in Trichy.
The trend was no different when it came to private matriculation schools as well, said R Vishalakshi, president of Tamil Nadu Private Matriculation Schools Association. “Only those who are keen on pursuing medicine have expressed interest towards biology courses”.
A government-aided school headmaster from Kancheepuram said many students found this year’s biology paper tough as they were unable to simultaneously balance the state board syllabus and NEET preparation. “So, they have intentionally avoided applying for biology courses. All the four core subjects in bio-maths group are tough. So, it is better to avoid the risk and opt for computer science,” said S Jeya, a Class 10 student from Madurai. Government has revamped higher secondary computer science education this year. According orders issued on Wednesday, three different types of computer science courses will be made available to science, arts and vocational students.
M Chandran from Post Graduates Teachers’ Association said that besides employment opportunities after completing BSc or BCom, many find business maths easy.
However, the issue here is that not many government schools have enough commerce teachers and some do not offer the course, said a district education officer request-
ADMISSION ROW
Several mediocre and low achievers were alledgedly denied Class XI admission in their own school. Despite a Madras high court ruling that schools should prefer own students over newcomers when it comes to Class XI admissions, those who have 300 or below had a tough time finding a seat. The situation was worse in city schools as those who scored 75% were denied application forms. TNN
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