A public meeting held at the historic Lohia Maidan, Margao, on Sunday by the parents has reportedly unanimously resolved to carry on the agitation against opening of the academic year in April. Some school children have also voiced their grievances through poems. The school is expected to close at 11.30 am. This is the time when the temperature is at the maximum during the day. Many school students in the villages walk back home in the absence of school buses. The heat radiated by the road will only add to the discomfort. Be that it may, reopening school in April will also have a psychological impact on the students. Every human being has a biological clock. The biological clock is an organism's natural timing mechanism that regulates cyclical behaviours and physiological processes. Over decades children have been adapted to having a vacation in the months of April-May. A sudden change in this school calendar will have a profound impact on the children’s psychology. They will not be able to concentrate on their studies in the month of April when their mind has been adapted to a vacation during this month.
