chennai government primary and middle schools in the state have enrolled 131lakh students in class i before the start of new academic year school education minister anbil mahesh poyyamozhi said on mondayusually the enrolment begins after reopening of the government schools this year schools will reopen for classes i to v on wednesday the school education department had launched an admission campaign for government schools in april itselflast year 45lakh students enrolled in class i in government schools officials said government schools will have more admissions compared to last year by the end of junemore students have migrated to government schools in other classes as well the admission will go on till august the minister said after distributing books and school bags to students studying from classes vi to xii at jaigopal garodia government girls higher secondary school in virugambakkam in chennai on monday students studying in classes vi to xii have returned to schools after an extended summer vacationmore than 46 lakh students from government schools and governmentaided schools have received free textbooks and notebooks on the first day of reopeningpoyyamozhi said government school students would soon get bus passes and could travel in buses for free with their uniformson the demand for cancelling the class xi board exams the minister said this year students have to appear for class xi board exams the sep will have broader recommendations on this issue based on that the state government will take a decisionhe also said that teacher vacancies in government schools would be filled at the earliestcity schools have made arrangements including putting up more number of water dispensers and several other arrangements some schools put restrictions on allowing students to play games due to the prevailing heat conditionsstudents were happy to return to school they wanted to play during the physical education period but we did not allow them due to heat conditions said v shanthi headmistress of vidyodaya girls higher secondary school in t nagarit was very hot during the day but students have managed it we are planning to conduct bridge courses for all classes for a week said gj manohar principal of mcc higher secondary school in chetpet