Kolkata: Some children throughout Kolkata went to their first offline class on Monday, a courteous program of Paray Sikshalay.
They meet friends and new teachers who sit in open classrooms in places such as school courtyards, temples, parks and community fields.
While initially intended for government schools, several private schools also stepped because they welcomed their students in open classrooms armed with cleaners, thermal weapons and smiles on their faces.
“I always think school friends and teachers can only be seen on the screen.
Today is the first time I see a teacher and school friend in real life,” said Isha Das, a class I Kailash Vidyamandir who attended the open class at Chetla Agrani Ground on the day Monday.
Similar is the reaction of class II students in the future, Kumar Mangalam, who can identify two of his parrots real when he comes to the land near the football school.
While government schools such as Ballygunge of High School and Jodhpur Park Boys held open air classes on their own reasons, Sri Dido Maheshwari Vidyalaya conducted their class at Tara Sundari Park in North Kolkata.
Among private schools, RAM Mohan Mission established a microphone, loudspeakers and seats for a collection of students from class V to VII when they took lessons on the field in Lake Gardens.
At St Augustine, picnic umbrellas placed on the ground and school desk, chairs and white boards were lifted from the classroom to make large open classrooms loved by children.
“We held a class for kg students.
It is a happy opportunity to see small children back,” said the main father of St Augustine Rodney Borneo.
Parents are also comforted.
Standing outside Ram Mohan Mission School was Homemaker Didnita Ghosh when he saw from a distance his daughter Rajnee wrote a historical worksheet in an open air school.
“In other days, it takes a lot of pain to wake him up and make him sit for online class.
But on Monday, he woke up in front of us,” he said Ghosh.
“Today we make them write essays about how they spend these two years away from school and I say to you each writing shows the pain they are through,” said Joyita Saha, a Ballygunge Middle School teacher.
The future Hope school that also has NGOs working with children who are vulnerable from streets and slums, takes part of their secondary school to Rajarhat, for offline classes.
Mayor Firhad Hakim, who was at Chetla Agrani Ground where eight schools participated in an open school in a separate attachment, said KMC was ready to offer assistance to the government and private schools in establishing a drinking water portal, bio toilet and even Shamianas to promote the concept of open school.
“I hope the children will soon be able to return to school and continue their normal studies.
But until then, let’s promote the ancient culture of this open study,” said the judge.