Noida: About 30% of children study at 1,646 government and private schools in Gautam Budh Nagar faced interference in their studies without access to cellphones, internet and laptops or smartphones during the coronavirus pandemic.
Although no official survey has been conducted in the district so far, official estimates and parents’ associations, quoting feedback from parents and schools said almost 5-10% of students registered in private schools also turned to government people because they were not enough or lose family income and inability to pay fees.
According to Dharamveer Singh, the School District Inspector (DIOS), lately there has been many students’ migration from the private sector to government schools.
This, he said, especially the continued effect of Pandemi.
“Inadequate family income or higher costs are one of the main reasons why about 5-10% of private school children shift to the government.
Education from around 30% of children, most of the lower middle for low-income families in semi-rural and rural areas, suffer with the absence of gadgets to attend online classes, “Singh said.
Disconnect from school, however, remains low.
Some children belong to the migrant family, who have left the district during a pandemic, gradually returned again and rejoined school, said Dios.
“However, now that schools reopen, initiatives taken to ensure recovery from missed classes.
We hope children to benefit from it, “said Singh.
He added that the multipurpose model of the teaching-studies was introduced during a pandemic and it would likely continue for some time.
Manoj Kataria, Founder of GB Nagar Parents of Community Welfare (GPWS), meanwhile, said there were many students in government schools who broke up because their parents shifted to their place of origin and they did not have a gadget to continue the class from there.
“But parents from almost all private school students, including those who study in large-budget schools (where the annual fee of RS1 Lakh or above) or low-budget schools (where annual fees are less than RS80,000) in the city Or in remote areas, they have shifted their wards to smaller schools or the government, “he said.
According to Kataria, the main reason for migration is financial pressure and the inability to pay fees.
“We conducted a recent Google survey to understand how many parents agreed to reopen schools in the current situation.
We found that around 30% to 40% of private schools, which are recognized to class 8 (mostly running out of rented buildings), do not function as they are waiting for students to return, “Kataria said.
District The Officer Atul Soni program, meanwhile, said that from seven orphans because the pandemic at GB Nagar Six was school-away.
Dios Singh states that 100% of the liberation costs for orphans have been regulated by officials in collaboration with schools.
“It encourages to note that not one school opposes this step and agrees to extend the exemption of costs,” Singh Toi said.
30% of children do not have access to the Internet & Gadgets, HIT Studies
