Vijayawada: Eamcet near, students get little time to relax

VIJAYAWADA: Wednesday, the last day of Intermediate public exams this year, saw students going wild with joy after emerging from the centres having written the last and final chemistry and commerce paper II. As many as 4,52,878 students had applied for the exams, of which 4,39,327 were present and 13,551 failed to reach the examination centres.

As many as 62,215 students had applied in Krishna district alone, of whom 60,950 attended, according to Regional Inspection Officer Siva Satyanarayana Reddy. Mr Reddy said that 555 candidates were absent for the IPE Chemistry and Commerce examination paper II, while 463 took the Vocational examination of the 549 who applied. He said no case of malpractice or any untoward incident was reported from any of the 159 centres. However, the students’ relief at having the weight of the exams lifted off their shoulders would be short-lived as Eamcet and NEET are around the corner, April 26 and May 6 respectively.

Leading coaching centres have already commenced classes. P. Jagan of Kurnool, who had been living in a hostel in Vijayawada said, “As we are studying BiPC, we must prepare for Eamcet and NEET. We will continue our studies in coaching centre as part of the preparations. I will join a short-term coaching course that starts Friday.” “I have no time to return to my native place, since from Thursday itself Eamcet coaching classes will begin,” said T. Nikhil, who hails from Vinukonda. He said that ideally, he would have liked at least five days to relax after his Intermediate examinations.

Not all agree with this. “Children should know the importance of examination and prepare without stress. If they continue to focus on their studies, it would help them; vacations will do them more harm than good,” said K. Shanmuka Chari, a parent from Allagadda. “When we work from morning to evening, we need sleep so that our brain relaxes and works better. It will affect the mental and physical condition of students if they don’t get time to relax after examinations,” said Dr Sanghvi, Secretary, IMA.

Students throng malls, food courts

Shopping malls in Vijayawada witnessed heavy rush on Wednesday, the last day of the Intermediate public examinations. Food courts and cinema theatres were chock-a-block with students, relaxing after their exams and taking a joyful break before they begin to prepare for Eamcet. From the afternoon itself, students were seen rushing in a a joyful mood. Food courts and cinema theatres appeared to be the preferred destination, but they were a little bit disappointed as there was no interesting new release.

Owners of food courts too were happy at the turnout. K. Kishore, who runs a food court, told this newspaper: “In Vijayawada, mostly students are our customers. Every Sunday they used to come here. Now after exams, they are in a mood to party.”