Higher Education Minister R. Bindu said special vaccination drives will be held at campuses to fast-track inoculation among college students prior to the resumption of physical classes
Repeated school closures due to Covid leading to learning loss in South Asia: UNICEF
Limited access to devices, low connectivity, and limited teacher contact are severely constraining remote learning in the region
Back at school: On student safety
State governments have taken the difficult decision to reopen schools for some classes, encouraged by a consensus among public health experts that the benefits to students and society at large outweigh the risks of a COVID-19 surge. A week after many of them reopened, mainly at the secondary and higher…
No tests, mostly activities for school students in UP
There is some good news for school children in Uttar Pradesh. Those who are returning to school after almost 18 months will be eased into campus life and no tests will be held for them in the near future, said the government.
Closure of schools catastrophic for the poor in last 18 months: Report
Report highlights the challenges of online classes; over 90% of underprivileged parents want schools to reopen
ASER shows huge drop in learning levels in Karnataka
The Annual Status of Education Report (ASER), which was drawn up in March 2021 in only Karnataka this year, found a huge drop in learning levels in both reading and numeracy, especially for primary classes. What is worrying is that the survey, which was released on Monday, reported nearly a…
Kids and COVID: why young immune systems are still on top
Innate immunity might be the key to why children have fared better with the virus. But the Delta variant poses fresh unknowns.
Survey details ‘catastrophic’ impact of school closures across India
The prolonged closure of primary and upper primary schools during the pandemic months has led to “catastrophic consequences” for school students, particularly in rural India, says an emergency report.