Parents’ fears are legitimate, but children have suffered huge learning losses. It is the responsibility of the government to find the best and safest ways to reopen schools.
ಒಂದನೇ ತರಗತಿಯಿಂದಲೇ ಶಾಲೆ ಕೂಡಲೇ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭವಾಗಲಿ: ಡಾ.ನಿರಂಜನಾರಾಧ್ಯ
ಒಂದನೇ ತರಗತಿಯಿಂದಲೇ ಪೂರ್ಣ ಪ್ರಮಾಣದಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಸಿ ಹಾಲು ಹಾಗೂ ಮಧ್ಯಾಹ್ನದ ಬಿಸಿಯೂಟದೊಂದಿಗೆ ಶಾಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಕೂಡಲೇ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಬೇಕೆಂದು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ರಾಜ್ಯ ಶಾಲಾಭಿವೃದ್ಧಿ ಮತ್ತು ಮೇಲುಸ್ತುವಾರಿ ಸಮಿತಿಗಳ ಸಮನ್ವಯ ವೇದಿಕೆಯ ಮಹಾಪೋಷಕ ಹಾಗೂ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ತಜ್ಞ ಡಾ.ನಿರಂಜನಾರಾಧ್ಯ ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಈ ಕುರಿತು ಪತ್ರಿಕಾ ಹೇಳಿಕೆ ನೀಡಿರುವ ಅವರು, ರಾಜ್ಯ ಸರಕಾರ ಶಾಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ತೆರೆಯುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸಕಾರಾತ್ಮಕವಾಗಿ ಸ್ಪಂದಿಸಿ 9, 10 ಹಾಗೂ ಪಿಯುಸಿ ತರಗತಿಗಳನ್ನು ಆ.23ರಿಂದ ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸಲು ಮುಂದಾಗಿರುವುದನ್ನು ಎಸ್‍ಡಿಎಂಸಿ ವೇದಿಕೆ ಸ್ವಾಗತಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.…
Why India’s Schools Should Open Immediately
There is sufficient evidence that vaccination of children is not a prerequisite that opening of schools does not pose additional risk to children or family members and the benefits outweigh any minimal risk. An urgent priority now has to be to develop a plan and roadmap to open schools safely.
Parents Want Primary Schools to Open, Online Education Is a Cruel Joke for Most Kids’… Reetika Khera
Parents Want Primary Schools to Open, Online Education Is a Cruel Joke for Most Kids’… Reetika Khera
Karnataka: Degree students address learning loss among children, conduct bridge courses
Instead of pushing teachers to ‘cover the syllabus’, we must orient them to ‘discover the child’, to learn with empathy what she has been through during the pandemic. Facilitated by a Bengaluru-based child rights organization, Child Rights Trust, a group of degree students in Karnataka has commenced workshops in rural…
Parents, teachers push for reopening primary schools
With children being away from schools for more than one-and-a-half years since the Covid-19 pandemic began, parents and teachers are keen that the state government consider reopening primary schools now. While the government has said that reopening is being considered for higher classes since COVID-19 cases have come down in…
Reopening schools: It’s no longer about whether but how to
While outbreaks do occur in school settings, transmission is lower than or similar to the levels of community transmission if prevention strategies are followed. School closures can lead to learning loss, mental distress, exposure to violence and abuse, missed school-based meals, vaccinations and reduced development of social skills.
School teachers to get training on ICT tools
With government school teachers and headmasters started coming to schools from Monday, many schools plan to make use of the opportunity to train their teachers on information and communication technology (ICT) tools for effective teaching.
Can, and should, India reopen schools now? | In Focus Podcast
Anurag Behar speaks to us on whether India needs a roadmap for reopening schools and how it can be done safely
Teachers go extra mile to connect with students in Ernakulam
In order to ensure the mental and academic well-being of students at home during the lockdown, the teachers of Ramamangalam High School in Ernakulam have started a new a programme called Karuthalum Kavalum.