The long dangerous trek through thick reserve forests to write their board examinations has come to an end for tribal students atop Jawadhu Hills in Vellore and Tiruvannamalai, as new examination centres have been set up in their schools for them to appear for their Class X board examinations from this year.
Earlier, the students of government high schools in Peejamandai (Vellore) and Nimmiyambattu (Tiruvannamalai), had to walk down the hills through the forests to reach the examination centres at the government high schools in Anaicut and Guniganthur respectively.
Each school covers at least 40 tribal hamlets situated in the hills. These centres, on an average, are located around 10-15 km away from the hillock schools where the students were enrolled.
