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Dear Jean,<br>
<br>
As Jyotsna says the letter is brief yet communicates the most
important points. Perhaps in the conversation you may be able to
bring in the larger consequences of school closure (child labour,
malnutrition, early marriages, likely high school drop out across
next decade and iniquitous nature of all these) and possible support
in terms of models/resources from the national coalition on the
education emergency.<br>
<br>
All the best. Along with the letter you could also release the
'press release' post your meeting. <br>
<br>
regards,<br>
Guru<br>
<br>
<br>
On 23/08/21 9:58 am, Jyotsna Jha wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">Jean,
<div>The letter looks good - communicates the most important.
Wish you all the best - let us hope it creates an impact. I
think it will be good to release it elsewhere through media as
well once you have had your meeting. </div>
<div>Regards,</div>
<div>Jyotsna</div>
</div>
<br>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Aug 23, 2021 at 8:08
AM Jean Dreze <<a href="mailto:jaandaraz@riseup.net"
moz-do-not-send="true">jaandaraz@riseup.net</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p>That will be really useful. Here is the letter I have
drafted for the Education Secretary (not for circulation
please, we will release the final version to the media
tomorrow). If need be, we will send a similar letter to
the CM and request an appointment.</p>
<p>Jean<br>
</p>
<div>On 22-08-2021 21:31, Mythili Ram wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">We have received about a dozen cases of
what's being tried in different sites, largely in South
India for now. We will compile them by Thursday and
share.
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<div dir="auto">Mythili</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Aug 22, 2021,
5:29 PM Jean Dreze <<a
href="mailto:jaandaraz@riseup.net" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jaandaraz@riseup.net</a>>
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<p>Thanks Guru. Would be good to hear more about
points 1 and 2 from Mythili, Ranjani and Manisha.
I will count myself lucky if we are able to
persuade the Secy that schools need to reopen soon
and that the Govt of Jharkhand may benefit from
these inputs for the purpose of preparing a
transition plan. Hopefully they are on the job,
but I will be surprised if they have electrifying
proposals.<br>
</p>
<p>Jean<br>
</p>
<div>On 22-08-2021 13:14, Guru wrote:<br>
</div>
<blockquote type="cite"> Dear Jean,<br>
<br>
I have compiled inputs from Rishikesh, Jyotnsa and
Sajitha in mail thread + Note on the Education
Emergency in <a
href="https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-hi/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Hindi</a> + Press release
advocating immediate opening of pre-primary and
primary schools from the National Coalition, in
the attached PDF, to make it easier to
print/share. <br>
<br>
It may be useful to present the note as from the
'National Coalition on the Education Emergency'
whose members are working to provide education
support to schools, communities as well as larger
mobilization of parents, teachers, stakeholders. <b>So
that it is seen as a potential continuous
support/engagement than a one-off interaction. </b>The
note in the beginning summarises this potential
support (also provided below)<br>
<ol>
<li>
<p
style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:107%">
The Working Group on ‘<span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">Education
Support to Schools and Communities</span>’
is in the process of documenting models of
meaningful learning (of different
groups/organizations) and compiling these.
Based on this, the group is preparing
‘Guidelines for school opening’. <font
color="#000000"><span
style="font-weight:normal"><span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">We
will provide the documents from this
process to the Jharkhand education
department. Contact Mythili Ramchand,
Ranjani Ranganathan)</span></span></font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p
style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:107%">
The Working Group on ‘<span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">Education
Support to Schools and Communities</span>’
is in the process of organizing a meeting of
<font color="#000000">parents groups,
teacher groups, NGOs, CBOs working in <b>Jharkhand</b>.
</font><font color="#000000"><span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">The
Education department should have a
representative attend this virtual
meeting to get a direct hearing of views
of different stakeholders </span></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">from
Jharkhan</span></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">d</span></font><font
color="#000000"><span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">.
(Contact person - Manisha Priyam</span></font><font
color="#000000">)</font></p>
</li>
<li>
<p
style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:107%">
<font color="#000000">The </font><font
color="#000000">Working Group on ‘</font>Research’
is compiling research studies conducted
relating to Covid and education, and will
release the highlights soon. <span
style="font-weight:normal"><span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">The
suggestions made in this note, do </span></span><span
style="font-weight:normal"><span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)">align</span></span><span
style="font-weight:normal"><span
style="background:rgb(255,242,0)"> with
the findings of almost all the research
studies.</span></span></p>
</li>
<li>
<p
style="margin-bottom:0.2cm;line-height:107%">The
press release in the note argues for the
immediate opening of pre-primary and primary
schools, (contrary to the political
preference to open class X-XII) as the
maximum harm from school closure affects
this group. The note in <a
href="https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-hi/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">Hindi</a> discusses
the need to 'resume' and 'renew' school
education.<br>
</p>
</li>
</ol>
I am copying Manisha, Mythili, Ranjani and Venita
for their inputs/suggestions. <br>
<br>
regards,<br>
Guru<br>
Gurumurthy Kasinathan,<a
href="https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-hi/"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"> शिक्षा आपातकाल पर
राष्ट्रीय सहभागिता</a><br>
<div><br>
On 22/08/21 10:26 am, Rishikesh wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sajitha & Jyotsna
have already provided very useful inputs.
So, I’m not sure how useful this attachment
is Jean. It contains examples on how the
current and next year can be designed and
the kind of curricular changes (broad and
the next level illustratively for Math).</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m attaching the word
version so that you can use any section of
the note to incorporate into your submission
to the Secy, GoJ. Please feel free to use
the note I’ve shared in whatever way you
feel fit as it does not require any
referencing.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Warm regards,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">rishi</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Research <a
href="mailto:research-bounces@educationemergency.net" rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true"><research-bounces@educationemergency.net></a>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Jyotsna Jha<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 22, 2021 10:06
AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Sajitha Bashir <a
href="mailto:sajitha.bashir@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><sajitha.bashir@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> <a
href="mailto:research@educationemergency.net"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">research@educationemergency.net</a>;
Niranjanaradhya.V.P Aradhya <a
href="mailto:aradhyaniranjan@hotmail.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><aradhyaniranjan@hotmail.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Research] posters</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Hi Jean, </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">I can see that we all
have different and at times also
contrary suggestions. </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Yet, can help
suggesting a few - I am sure you would
discern and decide: I think you should
ask for some quick decisions that are
also easier to implement followed by
some modified approaches for being more
supportive to children. I have five
suggestions:</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">1. I am a votary for
a Zero Year or a Bonus Year for all
primary kids, especially in states like
Jharkhand and Bihar. In the lifetime,
one year is nothing but if pushed to
higher grades without knowing nothing,
it would lead to much higher dropouts. </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">2. A
curriculum-approach replanning with
support of local (there are some in
Ranchi who understand these well) and
some external people, focusing on key
and supportive concepts - I know that MP
is making some such initiative.
Different from bridging in the sense
that it also takes note of already
prevailing learning gaps and also
structural aspects. </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">3. Training teachers
on this new approach and also
extensively on equity and learning
issues making them able to have a
differential approach and not treating
all children the same. It may also mean
individual testing (as Sajitha is
suggesting) to know about each one of
them - but much better to equip teachers
to do that rather than organising large
scale ones. It must include orienting
them on socio-emotional support and the
importance of maintaining links with
children/parents during such breaks.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">4. Preparing
teachers/schools/system for future
sudden such occurrences (third wave?).
For instance, many schools don't have
all children's addresses with landmarks,
phone numbers (family or neighbour),
closest literate person's phone
number/address. We found that to be a
major constraint that teachers faced
when it came to getting in touch with
students and families. Record collection
may have happened but the school does
not have these in many cases. </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">5. Textbooks (plus
additional learning materials) and Meals
to be non-negotiable - the system must
assess the current practices and assure
the availability of these two. </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Regards,</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">Jyotsna</p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Sun, Aug 22, 2021
at 9:20 AM Sajitha Bashir <<a
href="mailto:sajitha.bashir@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">sajitha.bashir@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Studies from the US
show that it takes several years for
students who are below grade level to
"catch up" to grade level ; one study
I saw indicates that only 4 % catch up
in two years ! (This is
pre-pandemic). In general, younger
children, and students who are not
independent learners take longer. So
this cannot be a one-time effort, it
could take a few years. In other
words, think of what you have to do
consistently for several years (which
may , if done well, actually introduce
some much needed changes in the
education system). That is the first
point that I would make. </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">The education
support group of the coalition is
preparing draft guidelines/
principles . At this stage, a few
other points that could be put
forward</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- children need
to be assessed individually (not
just on academic subjects); sample
based assessments and tests give us
an idea of the scale of the problem,
but do not indicate what needs to be
done in each school. These have to
be administered by teachers, but
there must be some quality checks
and protocols, and consistent
analysis of data, to help develop
school plans. [ Also, children
would also have learnt new skills
and resilience during this time, and
it is important to build on this]</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- extend the time
for learning (eg weekends, holidays
etc). This obviously has to be
negotiated with teachers or other
organizations have to be brought in.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- mixed age
groups / classes in smaller groups -
eg you can teach literacy skills to
some students in classes 1-3
together, if some grade 2-3 students
have lost literacy skills. This
becomes more difficult at higher
levels, but solutions can be found.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- focus on core
subjects initially - language,
mathematics; and socio-emotional</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- tailored
training for teachers to understand
and take up new methods, and regular
support provided to them</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- additional
instructional materials for the
above (ie the textbooks usually
cannot be used; but additional
instructional materials are not
difficult to develop and need not
take time)</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- a clear
instructional plan developed by each
school ( schools will need support
for this)</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- detailed
district or block level planning and
monitoring to support each school; </p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- meaningful and
sensitive communication with parents
on a regular basis.</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">- more public
funding to support all of above; one
can't tackle the crisis meaningfully
with the existing level of resources</p>
</div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
</div>
</div>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<div>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Sat, Aug 21,
2021 at 9:56 PM Jean Dreze <<a
href="mailto:jaandaraz@riseup.net"
rel="noreferrer" target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">jaandaraz@riseup.net</a>>
wrote:</p>
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<p>We are meeting the Education
Secretary in Jharkhand tomorrow.
If you have any suggestions, or
any ready-made material that might
be useful to him, please let me
know.</p>
<p>Jean</p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On 22-08-2021
07:12, Rishikesh wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">That is
right. The gap that has
occurred over the 16+ months
is so huge and as Jean says it
is over the gap that already
existed! If we are to do
anything meaningful, we will
need a lot of time with the
children to even get them to
where they were before the
lockdown.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I guess all
will agree with it too. But
the challenge is in coming up
with the appropriate approach
with a suitable curriculum,
material, pedagogy, capacity
building to use them & so
on… we will have to start
working with State Govt’s to
actionize this. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b>
Jean Dreze <a
href="mailto:jaandaraz@riseup.net"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><jaandaraz@riseup.net></a>
<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Saturday,
August 21, 2021 8:09 PM<br>
<b>To:</b>
Niranjanaradhya.V.P
Aradhya <a
href="mailto:aradhyaniranjan@hotmail.com"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><aradhyaniranjan@hotmail.com></a>;
Guru <a
href="mailto:Guru@ITforChange.net"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><Guru@ITforChange.net></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Sajitha Bashir
<a
href="mailto:sajitha.bashir@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><sajitha.bashir@gmail.com></a>;
<a
href="mailto:mehendalearchana@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mehendalearchana@gmail.com</a>;
<a
href="mailto:research@educationemergency.net"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">research@educationemergency.net</a>;
Rishikesh <a
href="mailto:rishikesh@apu.edu.in"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><rishikesh@apu.edu.in></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Research] posters</p>
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<p>It seems to me that the
"bridge", however designed,
will have to extend to March
2023, not 2022. Because the
"gap", for children who've
been left out all this time,
is not just one-and-a-half
years (since lockdown began);
it's one-and-a-half years +
what they forgot of what they
had learnt + whatever gap was
already there before the
lockdown began. I don't see a
3-month bridge course filling
that gap.</p>
<p> </p>
<p>Jean</p>
<p> </p>
<div>
<p class="MsoNormal">On
21-08-2021 19:51,
Niranjanaradhya.V.P Aradhya
wrote:</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Hi
Jean and friends </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">You
have raised an important
issue. Since March 24<sup>th</sup>
to till date nothing
much happened to
children who are in
lower classes.
Therefore, I propose the
following. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">The
children who joined
class 1 in 2020-21 can
be combined with the
children who are joining
class 1 in 2021-22 since
there levels of learning
are one and the same.
These children will
undergo accelerated
learning programme to
learn basic things
appropriate to their age
and grade in a combined
manner to benefit both
the age groups and
grades in 2021-22 for
200 hundred learning
days as indicated by RTE
Act. During this period,
teachers with special
curriculum and methods
help these children
master the competencies
otherwise they would
have mastered in class 1
and two respectively. At
the end of 2022 academic
year , a special
programme for children
who got admitted to
class 1 in 2020-21 (
though they have not
attended school) can be
designed with special
curriculum to prepare
them for class 3, so
that we can avoid loss
of one year for no fault
of them. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">In
the meal for all other
grades from 2 to 10, the
first 3 months should be
devoted to
well-structured bridge
course with a specially
designed curriculum to
get familiar with age
wise- grade wise
competencies before we
start curriculum
transaction </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Otherwise,
the loss is for
marginalized children
who are first- or
second-generation
learners. Therefore,
while talking on behalf
them and demanding any
solution needs a fair
understanding and all
benefit should be given
to children. The
decision also should be
in the best interest of
the children. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12pt;color:black">Niranjan
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span
style="color:black">From:</span></b><span
style="color:black">
Jean Dreze <a
href="mailto:jaandaraz@riseup.net"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><jaandaraz@riseup.net></a><br>
<b>Sent:</b> 21 August
2021 1:20 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Guru <a
href="mailto:Guru@ITforChange.net"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><Guru@ITforChange.net></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> niranjan
aradhya <a
href="mailto:aradhyaniranjan@hotmail.com"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><aradhyaniranjan@hotmail.com></a>;
Sajitha Bashir <a
href="mailto:sajitha.bashir@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><sajitha.bashir@gmail.com></a>;
<a
href="mailto:mehendalearchana@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">mehendalearchana@gmail.com</a>
<a
href="mailto:mehendalearchana@gmail.com"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><mehendalearchana@gmail.com></a>;
<a
href="mailto:research@educationemergency.net"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">research@educationemergency.net</a>
<a
href="mailto:research@educationemergency.net"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><research@educationemergency.net></a>;
Rishikesh <a
href="mailto:rishikesh@apu.edu.in"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true"><rishikesh@apu.edu.in></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re:
[Research] posters</span>
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<p>Dear Guru and friends,</p>
<p>I am still tied up with
the field survey, but
doing my best to keep up
in the between with all
the useful material you
are circulating.</p>
<p>The survey findings are
alarming (no surprise
here). In Latehar
district, in 5 SC/ST
hamlets, we found that
75% of children were
unable to read a single
word. Meanwhile, the
schools are falling
apart.</p>
<p>I wonder what the
"line" is on automatic
promotion. Once again it
seems to suit privileged
children, who are more
or less on track, but it
is the kiss of
educational death for
other children. How can
children who were
enrolled in Class 1 last
year, and have never
been to school or learnt
the alphabet, be in
Class 2 now (Class 3 in
a few months), where
they are given English
textbooks (in
Jharkhand)? Is there not
a case for a "bonus
year" when all children
are helped to recover
instead of sorting the
winners and losers yet
again? Just curious - I
am sure that you have
discussed this.</p>
<p>I am not clear whether
<a
href="mailto:research@educationemergency.net"
rel="noreferrer"
target="_blank"
moz-do-not-send="true">"research@educationemergency.net"</a>
is a kind of collective
address so I am CC-ing a
few at random!</p>
<p>Best,</p>
<p>Jean</p>
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10-08-2021 11:05, Guru
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Jean<br>
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We are in the process
of translating posters
to as many languages
as possible as these
can help in sharp and
quick communication.
We will share these
with you as well.<br>
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regards<br>
Guru<br>
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On 10/08/21 7:03 am,
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<p>Dear Guru: Thanks
for this and other
mails. I am up to my
ears right now with
the field survey
(until 22 August),
but I will catch up
as soon as possible.
We will definitely
help with media for
one thing.</p>
<p>More asap,</p>
<p>Jean</p>
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06-08-2021 15:41,
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<pre>Dear Jean</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>I am attaching the posters that my colleague made in our Karnataka</pre>
<pre>'Open Schools' campaign</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>The campaign included a street protest, media articles, few press</pre>
<pre>releases which were reported in local papers. It may have helped a bit -</pre>
<pre>the Karnataka Govt kept high schools open Jan-March 2021.</pre>
<pre>Through the State SMC Federation, Niranjan and others also organized</pre>
<pre>district level protest meetings on school opening. A PIL was also put up</pre>
<pre>in Karnataka High Court on both opening schools and providing mid day</pre>
<pre>meals. The CJ was sympathetic but did not give a firm directive to open</pre>
<pre>schools. (there is a general middle class fear psychosis)</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>For this time, apart from posters, street protests, short videos</pre>
<pre>(children, parents, teachers) in multiple languages, social media</pre>
<pre>campaigns, apart from policy briefs, guidelines/toolkits for school</pre>
<pre>opening will be required. And the idea of the national coalition is to</pre>
<pre>share resources/ideas across groups working in different geographies.</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre>regards,</pre>
<pre>Guru</pre>
<pre> </pre>
<pre><a href="https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2021/mar/19/midday-meals-as-crucial-as-classes-survey-2278502.html" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/bengaluru/2021/mar/19/midday-meals-as-crucial-as-classes-survey-2278502.html</a></pre>
<pre><a href="https://itforchange.net/press-release-open-all-schools-and-all-classes-local-hygiene-precautions" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://itforchange.net/press-release-open-all-schools-and-all-classes-local-hygiene-precautions</a></pre>
<pre><a href="https://itforchange.net/press-release-open-all-primary-schools-now-to-avoid-a-learning-crisis" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://itforchange.net/press-release-open-all-primary-schools-now-to-avoid-a-learning-crisis</a></pre>
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