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<p>The meeting was so-so - not great overall, but not as bad as I
expected.</p>
<p>On the positive side, the secretary was cordial, sympathetic,
gave us a lot of time, and was aware of the gravity of the
situation. I think that his heart at least is on our side. But it
sounds like there is a lot of opposition to reopening of schools
from various quarters, including certainly the health department,
and other quarters also that he did not specify. So no specific
plan as of now though he said that "there may be some good news by
the end of the week" as we departed.</p>
<p>Also, it doesn't sound like any serious preparations are being
made for reopening - not even repairing the school buildings.
About the "learning transition", the only measure they seem to
have in mind right now is to tell teachers to spend half of their
time on "remedial learning".</p>
<p>Their main concern right now seems to be the forthcoming
"National Achievement Survey". That's based on grade-specific
learning, so that's what they are focusing on right now. They
don't want Jharkhand to end up at the bottom...</p>
<p>I think the bottom line is that everyone is "playing safe" and
no-one wants to take the risk of being blamed in the event where
some children die (or infection spreads) after schools reopen.</p>
<p>That's the long a short. We might seek an appointment with the
Chief Minister. (Meanwhile I sent Rishikesh's note to the
secretary, in a follow-up mail.)<br>
</p>
<p>Jean<br>
</p>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 23-08-2021 10:10, Guru wrote:<br>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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<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>
<p class="MsoNormal"> </p>
<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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<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>
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<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>
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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"
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<b>Subject:</b> Re:
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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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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,
Jean Dreze wrote:</p>
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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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<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>
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<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>
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<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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