The corona in India is coming from the third wave peak. Due to this, school and college holidays have been declared in most of the states in the country. As the corona spread began to increase slightly, the respective state governments first announced holidays for schools.
Concerns have been raised among parents that the announcement of a holiday for schools due to the spread of corona will affect the learning ability of children. In addition, there are reports that children’s dropouts are on the rise across the country due to a series of holidays during the month.
Even recently, World Bank Education Director Jaime Chavetra said it was unfair to close schools due to the Corona epidemic. He also released a detailed report on the impact of Corona on the education sector with the results of his research. In that, it makes no sense to keep restaurants, bars and shopping malls open and schools closed.
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There is no link between the opening of schools and the spread of the corona virus. There is no justification for closing schools, citing this. He said closing schools should be the last resort even if new corona waves come.
In this context, the state education department has ordered the reopening of schools for students from Class 1 to 12 in Maharashtra from Monday.
School Education Minister Varsha Kejriwal told reporters that there were calls from various quarters for the schools to be reopened as the learning capacity of the children was declining. Meanwhile, the health minister had last week demanded the reopening of schools in Maharashtra.
Accordingly, it has been decided to reopen schools for students from 1st to 12th class from Jan. 24. Chief Minister Uttam Thackeray has approved the decision to reopen schools. Following this, he said, schools would reopen following Corona protocol.
In Maharashtra, 43,697 people have been newly infected with corona in the last 24 hours. 49 people were killed. 214 people have been affected by the omega-3 infection. Thus, the total number of corona infections in the state has increased to 73,25,825. At the same time, the death toll rose to 1,41,934.
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