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After facing the horrors of Corona, the demand for complete opening of schools in Mumbai, which is again standing on its feet, is increasing. At present, the Education Department of Maharashtra has issued an order to open only schools from 8th to 12th, but even after the long holiday of Diwali and Dussehra, students are still not going to school. There are many such parent associations in Mumbai, which are vigorously demanding to start the schools completely from 22nd November.
Impact on children’s mental health
This is one of the demanding #OPENMUMBAISCHOOLSNOW GROUP. So far more than 1200 people have joined this group made on social media. He has written an open letter in the name of CM Uddhav Thackeray, demanding the resumption of schools from Monday.
Gayatri Khanna, the administrator of the WhatsApp group of this group, said that for the last two years, the schools are almost completely closed. This has a direct impact on the education and mental health of the children. The current situation for children is becoming more serious than Kovid.
People are constantly joining on this group made in social media.
Children are going to parties, then why can’t they go to school?
Gayatri told that the whole of Mumbai is back on track again. Everything has started, yet schools are not being opened completely. He questioned that when children can go to parties, weddings or social events, then why can’t they go to school? Reports also say that young children have a higher ability to fight the corona virus, so they can recover quickly even if they are infected. That’s why schools must start again.
Parents ready, but the government is not giving approval
Gayatri further added that every school has made an SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) to deal with Kovid and they have a parent body, which decides how to follow the Kovid rules in schools. We are all ready, but the government is not giving approval to open the school.
More than 1500 people have signed on the open letter sent to the CM.
Keeping Kovid in mind, then schools will never open
Parents say that it is not right to close the entire school if one teacher or child is infected. We have to live with this covid and if it continues like this, the schools will never be able to open. He has said in a letter to CM Uddhav Thackeray that you should leave it to the parents and the school. Our children do not want to study through online medium at all. Those who do not want to send their children to school, they can adopt online education. During the last two years, the education of children has been greatly affected.
Parents said – we will not blame the school
In a letter to the CM, the parents have said that if our children get Kovid, then they will not accuse the BMC or the school. Schools were open in the country even when there were diseases like fever, chickenpox, measles, jaundice, dengue, malaria. Schools have opened in many states of the country, then why are schools not being opened in Maharashtra and Mumbai?
The number of people demanding to open the school is increasing continuously
The number of people joining the #OPENMUMBAISCHOOLSNOW campaign started a few days ago is increasing day by day. They are joining this group on social media platforms. It has also come to the notice that some schools in Mumbai are getting students from class 8th to 12th to sign a NOC. It is written in it that they want to come to the school of their own free will and here they will follow all the protocols of Kovid.
Preparations to reopen all schools in next 10 to 15 days
After the situation of corona infection became normal, approval was given to open classes above 8th in the state. The state government had said that children would be able to go to school only after the Diwali holiday i.e. November 22. However, in the meeting chaired by Deputy CM Ajit Pawar on Tuesday, the possibility of restarting all schools has been discussed.
In this meeting, along with Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad, secretaries and officers of the concerned departments were present. According to sources, it has been agreed during the meeting that all schools will start in the next 10 to 15 days. The decision on the school will be taken only after the approval of the Corona Action Force and the Chief Minister.
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