Ranchi: The Private Schools’ and Children’s Welfare Association (PSCWA) has appealed to the chief minister Hemant Soren to reopen schools ‘as it is a necessary step looking at the future of students and the school staff’.
In a letter to the CM on Wednesday, PSCWA (state) president Alok Dubey cited World Bank’s education director Jaime Saavedra’s remark who allegedly said that there’s no evidence to suggest that reopening of schools has led to the virus spread.
Dubey said that the private schools have remained closed for the past 22 months owing to the pandemic and resultantly, kids’ education has been adversely affected. He added that though several schools are conducting online classes, the learning process has been hampered as many do not have access to a proper and high-speed internet connection and many students do not even have smartphones.
Dubey further said, “Due to the financial hardships experienced during Covid by many, a number of private schools have shut down while others are on the brink of closure. Under such circumstances, the state government should take a step to protect the livelihood of a large number of teaching and non-teaching employees of thousands of private schools.”
He said that private schools would cooperate with the government in making the vaccination drive for teenagers a success. “If children take the jab in schools, then parent will also follow suit,” he said. ( Courtesy TOI)
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