CHENNAI: While last year, parents and students were confused on how the Uniform School Education will turn out to be, this year, it is back to the pavilion, with the old system of different syllabi back in the reckoning. They are perhaps a little worried even as the Matriculation school heads and publishers seem to be welcoming the move.Matric school heads have gone back to their most famous stand: matric syllabus is of superior quality than others. The publishers, on the other hand, are a happier lot, what with orders for the old set of books pouring in from all quarters.PK Izhamaran, president of Tamil Nadu Teachers Association and HM of the Chennai Higher Secondary School, Kodungaiyur, said, “It is a good move to hold back the books till they are rectified completely. Students who have been preparing for the public exam with the old set of books will not face many problems. After all, it is only a month of preparation. Something has to be done about the books that have already been printed though.”Sami Sathyamoorthy, state general secretary, Tamil Nadu High and Higher Secondary HM’s Association, Pudukottai district, had his own fears. “Samacheer Kalvi has to be there. The government can instead rectify the errors and issue the books. Nine crore books already printed cannot bite the dust. For students in rural areas who cannot afford to study at the expensive matriculation schools, Samacheer Kalvi was a hope to cut off the disparity. The government should make sure that the idea to have equitable standard of education should not be diluted. To have a uniform syllabus is one step towards that,” he said.P Somasundaram, a parent of a student studying in Rosary Matriculation School said, “My daughter has already been preparing for the public examinations from the Common School System books. This constant change of syllabus not only puts the student in confusion, but makes the parents insecure. Now, the new syllabus is called inferior. In this situation, what can the parents do?”Says student, Mahesh Kumar, from Jaigopal Garodia school, “The changing syllabus is confusing. I downloaded all the books under Samcheer Kalvi from the website, as per the teacher’s advice since the books were not available in the market. Now it is all gone in vain.”Meanwhile, publisher N Bhaskaran, said that orders for old books were pouring in from different quarters. “Though the publishers are not going to face any problem financially, it is a challenge to bring out the books by June 15. The matriculation school heads have been enquiring with the publishers for the same. We have to print on a rush and it has to be done quickly,” he said.A member of Samba Publishing said, “The prices are not going to be increased as our rates are going to be on par with those fixed by the state government. We are confident that we can bring out the books by June 15. From the morning, there is a mad scramble for orders from different schools for the old set of books.” An official from Black Velvet Publishers said that the prices of books were yet to be decided as it depended upon the orders. “We will print and reprint books as per the orders given by the state government. We don’t have any issues with reprinting the old set of books.”
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