Kolkata: The decision for elementary school and on the basis of reopening from February 16 was welcomed by most parents because they were happy with the prospects of their children back to outside life and the classroom environment.
Some, however, are worried because children have not been vaccinated.
North Kolkata residents of Snigdha Chakrabarty, whose studies of daughters at a central Kolkata school, said she was happy and worried at the same time.
“He has never been to school and has attended online class for two years.
I am happy that finally he will be in the classroom.
But it was worried that my daughter and her classmates were not vaccinated, “he said.
Jadavpur residents of Partha Dasgupta said he was relieved that his daughter would now go to school.
“My daughter Durga is a class X student at Patha Bhavan.
He received both Jabs and had taken the self-assessment test at school.
I used to send him to school in public transport and never nervous about that.
We must learn to live with the situation, “said Dasgupta.
Tollygunge residents of Arpita Bhowmick, Teacher, agree.
His daughter Aryahi, a class VIII student from Sushila Birla Girls’ School, has attended the class from February 3.
‘The only concern is commuter by public transportation but finally we have to learn to live with it.’ Psychotherapist Minu Buddhia described the steps as a step.
positive.
“It’s only in classrooms that children learn skills such as discipline, sharing, waiting, timeliness, criticism and dealing with failure.
Concerts, annual days, sporting events, interactive extracurriculars help develop skills that children are missing in online classes, “Buddhia said, founder of Minds Caring.
Dum Dum Sucharita Datta’s house, whose daughter Sanjana studies in class X in DPS Newtown, said: “We are not afraid of virulence from pandemic seems to have fallen in recent months.
There is no reason to panic now, “he said.