The National Coalition on the Education Emergency (NCEE), a forum of experts in the field of education, child rights and medicine have strongly recommended that schools be closed as a last resort. This comes even as the Karnataka government has announced the suspension of in-person classes for all except classes…
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On Wednesday, India recorded 58,097 cases, a 55.42% jump from Tuesday’s figures.
Press Release – Schools must be the last to be closed
Complete lock down has severely affected our economy and jobs earlier. School lock down will similarly seriously harm our children, and that too, over the long term. Keeping schools open is necessary to reduce this serious harm and resume the processes of learning. Schools must be the last to close…
Closing schools would ‘spell disaster for children’, says Right to Education group
The National Coalition on the Education Emergency said evidence suggest children are least vulnerable to Covid-19 and the fatalities are negligible.
Bengaluru reports 2000 cases in 24 hours, Karnataka sees jump in positivity rate
Health Minister K Sudhakar had said that Bengaluru was an epicentre in the first wave and second wave, and will be the epicenter during the third wave as well.
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REWIND 2021 – Schools reopened, but learning continued to suffer
Students have forgotten foundational skills or not picked up basic concepts in core subjects
Education Is Key To Battling India’s Poverty Challenge
Intergenerational mobility in India is low. Those born poor are likely to stay poor, as inequities are entrenched. Now consider what two years of school closure will have done to widen the vast gap.
The children who quietly dropped out of school
The Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns disrupted the education of millions of students in India. When schools reopened, many never went back.