Noida / Ghaziabad: On the first day of the school for the primary class (1-5) on Wednesday, Noida reported a low presence.
Officials quoted their parents’ reluctance and early morning shower as a purification reason.
School of the OPTION at GB Nagar reported 18-20% attendance while there were almost no shows in private schools with a few exceptions.
Because the government passed the school order which was reopened, the association of parents in the city had opposed the move, afraid of the “possible third wave”.
However, GB Nagar District Education Officers assured that they had taken all the preparations – the teacher was fully vaccinated among other steps.
Lalitha Ramakrishnan from the Cambridge School in Noida Sector 27 told TII that they would only do physical activity for primary class students from Saturday.
“There is no class held today (Wednesday) for the main part.
We hope to hold classes in the future,” he said.
Other private schools in the city – Amity, JP, Somerville, Bal Bharti DPS, among others – also witnessed a low presence.
All Noida School Association (ANSPA) Secretary General K Arunachalam said: “They must stick to only online classes.
We also asked the government to take back orders because the Covid case again increased.” President Answa Yatendra Kasana said 95% of students in high school and senior high school Not attending schools because school opened on August 16.
“The threat of covid infection is still large in this country.
Without vaccines for children, parents even more care.
About 90% of private elementary schools on Wednesday cannot do classes because of the large number,” Kataria said.
A similar situation was seen in Ghaziabad.
The presence was under 10% in private schools even because only 25% of them began a junior class.
President of the Indian Indian Independent School Federation Subhash Jain: “The presence of students in a higher class (IX to XII) is only around 20%.
So, we cannot expect many students from the junior class to rejoin school.” Shikha Saxena, Principal Principal The government at Atta 2 Noida, said they had 70 of 218 students attending classes on Wednesday.
“We expect a full presence in the coming days,” he said.
Bastik education officer (GB Nagar) DK Saxena said a heavy shower also played Spoilsport on Wednesday.
“We hope that a better presence in the coming days.
Until now, most school managers are awaiting approval from parents,” he said.
He added that of 1,646 schools in GB Nagar (both government and private), there were a total of 571 elementary schools.
Basic Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) in Ghaziabad, Brij Bhushan Choudhary said: “Thick rainfall in the morning is the reason for a low presence, which can improve in the coming days.”