Ateeq Shaikh mailbag@ mid- day. com THE authorities of Thaneu2019s Universal High School and parents are at loggerheads over the institute sharing notes of a couple of chapters just 15 hours prior to the Std VIII final Geography examination held on February 11. While the parents are of the opinion that itu2019s difficult for students to prepare themselves in such a short span of time, the authorities say, u201c Itu2019s a privilege extended by the schoolu201d. Currently, the school is conducting the final examinations, which started on February 10.

Of the seven chapters part of the Geography syllabus for the examination, notes for two u2014 Human Resources and Natural & Man- Made Disasters u2014 were uploaded on the schoolu2019s intranet website on February 10 evening. The students appeared for the examination the following day morning at 8.30 am. In fact, one of the parents claimed to have approached the school on February 8 requesting them to upload the notes for the two chapters at the earliest, only to be told that they would be shared by February 10 morning.