AbstractWe use a near-representative household panel survey of ∼19,000 primary-school-aged children in rural Tamil Nadu to study the extent of ‘learning loss’ after COVID-19 school closures, the pace of recovery in the months after schools reopened, and the role of a flagship compensatory intervention introduced by the state government. Students…
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ತರಗತಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಜಾಬ್ ಧರಿಸುವುದರ ಮೇಲಿನ ನಿರ್ಬಂಧವನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿದ ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟ್ ತೀರ್ಪು ಶಿಕ್ಷಣದ ಹಕ್ಕಿನ ಉಲ್ಲಂಘನೆಯಾಗಿದೆ
೧೬ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ ೨೦೨೨ ಸಮವಸ್ತ್ರವನ್ನು ಸೂಚಿಸಿರುವ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಂಸ್ಥೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ, ಹಿಜಾಬ್ ಧರಿಸಿರುವ ವಿದ್ಯಾರ್ಥಿಗಳು ತರಗತಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆಗಳಿಗೆ ಹಾಜರಾಗುವುದನ್ನು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿ ತಡೆಗಟ್ಟುವುದನ್ನು ಎತ್ತಿಹಿಡಿಯುವ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಹೈಕೋರ್ಟಿನ ಮಾರ್ಚ್ 15 ರ ತೀರ್ಪು ಅತ್ಯಂತ ನಿರಾಶದಾಯಕ ಹಾಗು ಸಂವಿಧಾನ ಬಾಹಿರ . ಭಾರತೀಯ ಸಂವಿಧಾನವು ಎಲ್ಲ ನಾಗರಿಕರಿಗೆ ತಮ್ಮ ಆಯ್ಕೆಯ ಧರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಪಾಲಿಸುವ ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯವನ್ನು ನೀಡುತ್ತದೆ, ಆದರೆ, “ಸಮಂಜಸವಾದ ನಿರ್ಬಂಧಗಳೊಂದಿಗೆ” ಎಂದು ನ್ಯಾಯಾಲಯವು ವಾದಿಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೆ, ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕವಾಗಿ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಪಡೆಯುವುದರಿಂದ ಹಿಂದುಳಿದಿರುವ…