Mumbai: While 78% of schools assisted and without assistance in the city have been reopened since Monday, the strength of students has not crossed 22%.
Civil schools who received a good response from students on the first day, also saw swimming a day later.
Educational officials have urged school to ensure those who started their physical school kept going to their classrooms.
Parents who do not give approval are also convinced to reconsider their decision.
Students attending civil schools in the city fell 24% on Tuesday.
On Monday, when school reopened after 18 months of closing, 30,250 class 8-10 students were present.
In schools assisted and without assistance, from 7.27 lakh higher secondary students, only 1.78 lakh who attended physical schools.
With grade 11 and 12 students cannot travel to their college because of the unavailability of trains, junior colleges continues with online teaching.
In all of Metropolitan Mumbai, Thane urban areas have succeeded in reopening 63% of schools that have 40% or 1.14 lakh higher secondary students.
Rural Palghar who was at the forefront of the school which was opened back in July, saw a bad response of 15% of urban students in returning to school.
In the state too, urban schools have not been able to attract more than 35% of students to class.
Nearly 99% of schools in the urban area of the Nashik Division have now reopened, but the strength of students is only 39%.
In Kolhapur, all schools in rural and urban areas have reopened with 86% and 68% of students from rural and urban areas present, while in Sangli, 100% of schools from class 5-12 have been reopened and 85% of students are present.
The principal said the physical presence would likely rise in mid-November when schools reopened after vacation Diwali.
The school will be closed for Divorter from October 30 to November 14.
The strength of students at Mumbai School is 27%
