<div dir="auto">This is a standard mail reply :-)<div dir="auto">Need to find other ways to reach to the CM directly. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Warm regards,</div><div dir="auto">Hemangi</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, 8 Sep, 2021, 10:46 am Guru, <<a href="mailto:Guru@itforchange.net">Guru@itforchange.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<span lang="mr"><span><span>मित्रांनो,
मेल प्रलयाबद्दल </span></span><span><span></span></span><span><span>क्षमस्व</span></span></span>
(Sorry for the mail deluge friends)<br>
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I got this response from CMO Maharashtra office (we had mailed
around 20 CMs, the Research Brief), the Maharashtra group could
consider follow-up on this mail as well<br>
(Kishore, the Marathi version of the research brief would be a
useful resource)<br>
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thanks<br>
Guru<br>
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<td>[WARNING: ATTACHMENT UNSCANNED]FW: Research Brief on
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<td>Shri. Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Chief Minister)
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<td>Vandana Krishna <a href="mailto:acs.schedu@maharashtra.gov.in" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><acs.schedu@maharashtra.gov.in></a></td>
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<p><font size="2">नोंदणी शाखा,</font></p>
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[<a href="mailto:Guru@ITforChange.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">Guru@ITforChange.net</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 06, 2021 5:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Shri. Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Chief
Minister)<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sunil<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Research Brief on Education Emergency<br>
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<div>Hon'ble Chief Minister,<br>
Maharashtra<br>
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The <b>National Coalition on the Education Emergency</b>
has produced a <b>Research Brief</b> which summarizes
research studies conducted across India and selected
international studies between early 2020 and mid of 2021.<br>
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The research findings convey a grim picture.<b> </b><b><font color="#ea230c">Continuous school closures and the
limited reach of online/remote learning has had
catastrophic consequences for children, on the academic,
emotional, nutritional, social and economic fronts.</font></b><br>
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<li><font color="#ea230c"><b>More than 90% of
underprivileged parents (97% in rural areas)want
schools to reopen as soon as possible (SCHOOL, 2021)</b></font>
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<li><b><font color="#ea230c">Only 4% of students in rural
areas and less than 20% in urban areas have access
to essential digital infrastructure. (Reddy et al.,
2020)</font></b>
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<li>As early as mid 2020, UNESCO estimated that about 14
crore students in primary school and 13 crore in
secondary school had been affected by the lockdown in
India (UNESCO, 2020).
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We must act now to _RESUME and RENEW Education for 26 Crore
Children! <a href="https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">
https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children</a>
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<li><font color="#ea230c"><b>State Governments should open
schools (from anganwadis to high schools) at the
earliest. Younger children should be prioritized</b></font>
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<li>Guidelines should be put in place for safe reopening
of schools and for helping children to resume their
learning.
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<li>All teachers and non-teaching staff should be
vaccinated on a priority basis.
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Suggested measures for school re-opening:<br>
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<li>Open schools safely: provide health and sanitation
measures; ensure vaccination and testing of teachers;
pre-plan seating arrangements; limit numbers per
classroom, alternate attendance, use additional public
buildings and open spaces
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<li><b><font color="#ea230c">Communicate with parents and
engage them in the school reopening plans: Bring
every child back to school.</font></b>
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<li><b><font color="#ea230c">Provide Mid-Day Meals to all
students in publicly funded schools, whether they
are attending physically or remotely.</font></b>
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<li><b><font color="#ea230c">Design effective strategies
for schools and teachers to support students’
socio-emotional well-being and address learning
gaps. Provide a 6 month period where teachers can
work with children based on their learning needs and
contexts. Beginning with grade-level text books will
lead to large scale school dropout.</font></b><br>
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<b><font color="#6710e9"><br>
The National Education Emergency Coalition is collating
good practices and evidence to support school re-opening
strategies.</font></b><br>
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-- <br>
Gurumurthy Kasinathan<br>
- National Coalition on the Education Emergency (educators
and activists group working across the country)<br>
Cell 98454 37730<br>
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