[Research] [Maharashtra] Fwd: [WARNING: ATTACHMENT UNSCANNED]FW: Research Brief on Education Emergency

[Hemangi Joshi]

This is a standard mail reply :-)
Need to find other ways to reach to the CM directly.

Warm regards,
Hemangi

On Wed, 8 Sep, 2021, 10:46 am Guru, <Guru at itforchange.net> wrote:

> मित्रांनो, मेल प्रलयाबद्दल क्षमस्व  (Sorry for the mail deluge friends)
>
> I got this response from CMO Maharashtra office (we had mailed around 20
> CMs, the Research Brief), the Maharashtra group could consider  follow-up
> on this mail as well
> (Kishore, the Marathi version of the research brief would be a useful
> resource)
>
> thanks
> Guru
>
> -------- Forwarded Message --------
> Subject: [WARNING: ATTACHMENT UNSCANNED]FW: Research Brief on Education
> Emergency
> Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2021 05:05:06 +0000
> From: Shri. Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Chief Minister)
> <CM at maharashtra.gov.in> <CM at maharashtra.gov.in>
> To: Vandana Krishna <acs.schedu at maharashtra.gov.in>
> <acs.schedu at maharashtra.gov.in>
> CC: Guru at ITforChange.net <Guru at ITforChange.net> <Guru at ITforChange.net>
>
>
>
> माननिय महोदय / महोदया
>
> धन्यवाद,
>
> आपला "ईमेल" मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालयास प्राप्त झाला असून तो पुढील
> कार्यवाहीसाठी शालेय शिक्षण विभागास पाठविण्यात आला आहे.
>
>
> नोंदणी शाखा,
> मुख्यमंत्री कार्यालय.
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Guru [Guru at ITforChange.net]
> *Sent:* Monday, September 06, 2021 5:25 PM
> *To:* Shri. Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (Chief Minister)
> *Cc:* Sunil
> *Subject:* Research Brief on Education Emergency
>
> Hon'ble Chief Minister,
> Maharashtra
>
> The *National Coalition on the Education Emergency* has  produced a *Research
> Brief* which summarizes research studies conducted across India and
> selected international studies between early 2020 and mid of 2021.
>
> The research findings convey a grim picture. *Continuous school closures
> and the limited reach of online/remote learning has had catastrophic
> consequences for children, on the academic, emotional, nutritional, social
> and economic fronts.*
>
>    1. *More than 90% of underprivileged parents (97% in rural areas)want
>    schools to reopen as soon as possible (SCHOOL, 2021)*
>    2. *Only 4% of students in rural areas and less than 20% in urban
>    areas have access to essential digital infrastructure. (Reddy et al., 2020)*
>    3. As early as mid 2020, UNESCO estimated that about 14 crore students
>    in primary school and 13 crore in secondary school had been affected by the
>    lockdown in India (UNESCO, 2020).
>
> We must act now to _RESUME and RENEW Education for 26 Crore Children!
> https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children
>
>    - *State Governments should open schools (from anganwadis to high
>    schools) at the earliest. Younger children should be prioritized*
>    - Guidelines should be put in place for safe reopening of schools and
>    for helping children to resume their learning.
>    - All teachers and non-teaching staff should be vaccinated on a
>    priority basis.
>
> Suggested measures for school re-opening:
>
>    - Open schools safely: provide health and sanitation measures; ensure
>    vaccination and testing of teachers; pre-plan seating arrangements; limit
>    numbers per classroom, alternate attendance, use additional public
>    buildings and open spaces
>    - *Communicate with parents and engage them in the school reopening
>    plans: Bring every child back to school.*
>    - *Provide Mid-Day Meals to all students in publicly funded schools,
>    whether they are attending physically or remotely.*
>    - *Design effective strategies for schools and teachers to support
>    students’ socio-emotional well-being and address learning gaps. Provide a 6
>    month period where teachers can work with children based on their learning
>    needs and contexts. Beginning with grade-level text books will lead to
>    large scale school dropout.*
>
>
> * The National Education Emergency Coalition is collating good practices
> and evidence to support school re-opening strategies.*
>
> --
> Gurumurthy Kasinathan
> - National Coalition on the Education Emergency (educators and activists
> group working across the country)
> Cell 98454 37730
>
>
> *https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children*
> <https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children>
>
> *https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-hi*
> <https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-hi>
>
> *https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-te*
> <https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-te>
>
> *https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-ml*
> <https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-ml>
>
> *https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-bn*
> <https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-kn>
>
>
> *https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-kn*
> <https://educationemergency.net/2021/08/resume-and-renew-education-for-26-crore-children-kn>
>
>
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