Hundreds of students from Government Boys Senior Secondary School No. 2 in Bawana's JJ Colony were up in arms on Thursday after local MLA Chand Ram did not meet them. They were demanding to meet Ram over the conversion of their school which has been a morning school since 2008 but was turned into an evening one.

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Most of these students work in evenings to support their families. The students were supported by activists of the Krantikari Yuva Sangathan. "A large number of students studying here work after school hours to support their families. Many of them have stopped attending classes regularly after the change in the shift as they can't stop working," said Shahrukh, a class XI student.

According to the school officials, the decision to convert the school into an evening one was taken after the neighboring Government Girls Senior Secondary School No. 1 ran out of space. The authorities then decided that the girls from Classes VI-VIII will occupy School No. 1 in the morning, while those from Classes IX-XII will occupy School No. 2.

The 2,900 boys were shifted to the evening shift, which begins at 1 pm and ends at 6.10 pm during winter. The move came into effect from July 1 this year.