Source: NDTV Education
Schools across the country, most of which reopened in February-March after being closed for almost a year, had to be shut down again soon after, amid fears of the second wave of COVID-19 in the country. Students are now learning in online classes for over a year. With a decreasing number of Covid cases in many states, the question of reopening schools has come up again. “A lot of things need to be considered while determining on reopening schools; it's a different topic entirely. This is a question that keeps coming up in the government system,” said Dr VK Paul, Niti Aayog (health) member.
Many countries had to shut down schools, soon after reopening, as cases grew. “We don't want to put our children, teachers in that situation unless we have more confidence that the pandemic won't harm us,” Dr Paul said.
Though it seems the center has no plan to reopen schools soon, some states have taken steps in this direction.Telangana is the only state to have offline classes at the time
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