Bhubaneswar: With the number of cases of Covid-19 daily expected to fall further in the coming days, parents and experts urged the Odisha government to reopen the school.
Although the state government has planned to continue teaching online classrooms for primary classes, education that doubts whether children will take advantage of its benefits.
“It’s time to open a school because it has an impact on the mental health of children who live at home than the last two years.
They are the future and should not stay at home for this so far,” Tweeted Parthiv Mehta, the parents of a school student, asked the Minister The chairman to consider reopening the school.
Following a surge in Covid-19 cases, driven by the Omicron variant.
Coronavirus in the third wave of pandemic, the Odisha government has decided to turn off the offline class for grade 6 to 12 students from January 5 In addition, the state also postponed its decision to reopen the primary class on January 3 on January 3, after the 22-month gap, due to fear of infection among children.
“We are happy when the country is announced to continue school after almost 22 months.
I have bought new uniforms and shoes for my daughter.
But suddenly the case starts to spin, delay all plans.
Now when everyday case has begun to fall, we can get it down, we can hope that the government will consider reopening school.
When everything else is open, it is torture in children that they remain inside for months, “said Pratima Senapati, parents, whose daughter was in grade 7 and Class 5.
The company has also expressed concern for the academic loss of children due to prolonged school closure.
“By keeping children at home, we only cause endangering them.
When the government can elect, open the mall and market, how can we keep our children safe?” Pritish Academician Acharya clouds.
In the last few days, Caseload Daily The state has recorded a decline from more than 10,000 cases to around 8,000.
Odisha’s parents’ association also urged the state government to consider the reopening of the school, at least for grade 8 to 12 students.