Due to the controversy created by a spiritual guru’s speech, school education department Of explanation has been demanded from the principals of the two government schools located in Chennai for undertaking implementation of projects in the absence of approved agendas. As August 29, 2009 slip shod: Press invited for the educational seminar While September 6, 2009 saw government school in named Ashok Nagar Girls High School and another government Saidapet Model High School, invite the spiritual speaker Maha Vishnu comes from palampolu foundation martha ashihe. The 28th controversy had that speech given to the students on rebirth.
One of the perspectives that the speaker offered was reincarnation and children were to blame for all problems. When a staff member of the institute restrained the speaker from bringing religion into the programme, hence, reminding him the reason he was there is because he was to deliver a motivating speech, an argument broke out, and it was the invited speaker who claimed the staff member had an ‘ego problem’. Copies of these occurrences went round the cyberspace and provoked a lot of comments and reproductions.
Earlier, School Education Minister S Madhumathi said the department is planning to pay the two schools the compensation that they have requested and also looking for someone who will be responsible for all programs implemented without the approval of the government.
In the recent visit of the School Education Minister Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi to Ashok Nagar Girls High School on a Friday, the students were encouraged to use their individual discernment in judging what is right and what is wrong. He said teachers will tell them what to do but also cautioned the students not to take others’ words blindly. He warned schools against organizing functions not related to education.
While this incident provoked Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin into making comments without specifically referring to the controversial incident, he emphasized the need for scientific temper in schools. He spoke of the need to work out school project policies to make students interact with progressive concepts. “There is development only through science. That is what he said.
MP Jothimani Sennimalai said on People who comment on attitudes the most primary block of our education system make teachers just taking actions and politically punish them in the direction who wants right answers.
