An exam centre, bang in the middle of shanties and shops along with insufficient fans and ventilation, has SSC students and parents of the Dadar Parsee Youth Assembly High School demanding  an immediate change of exam venue. The school administration on Thursday wrote to the Maharashtra state board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education`s (MSBSHSE) Mumbai division seeking the change. A total of 170 schools have been allotted exam centres at Ganesh Vidyalaya in Wadala.

According to parents who did not wish to be identified, the centre allotted to their wards at Ganesh Vidyalaya does not have proper infrastructure. There are not enough fans, and desks are marrow making it inconvenient to write on. "If one leans out of a window, one can touch the houses next to the school. These structures also block ventilation. The weather is already hot and students have to sit in those classrooms with asbestos sheet roofs that aggravate the heat. There is noise at times from the vicinity. How can one can have an exam centre in such a place? Still, our children appeared for three exams from the centre. We have complained to the school," a parent said.