Ranchi: Economist noted Jean Dreeze had written a letter to the Chairman of the Minister of Hemant Soren to draw attention to the fate of thousands of elementary school students in the state, who did not have access to a pandemic induced education.
Demanding the reopening of schools for a long time, Dreeze now feels that the education gap must be filled with adopting several extraordinary ways, if not, poor and rural children will be the worst sufferer.
“The worst aspect of the crisis we face today is not an economic crisis or even a health crisis, it is a school crisis.
When a pandemic subsides, the economy is likely to increase and adults will return relative to their normal life.
But children can pay prices For the rest of their lives.
Some special children have been able to continue learning online during this period, but online education does not work for poor children.
Most of them have been abandoned by the school system for two years, “he has pointed to the letter It was volunteer and involved them in bridging the education gap by volunteering to spend several hours every day with class 1 students to VIII.
“Primary schools in Jharkhand are still closed for more than two years, the longest period anywhere in the world and when children return to school, many of them will lose the ability to read or write simple sentences,” Dreeze said, quoting the findings Emergency reports on school education were released in September last year.
Although there was no official response to a letter from CMO, the sources in the Department of School Education and Literacy said that the Department of Department of Jagarnath Mahto had called the Secretary, Education and Literacy of the School, for a meeting on Saturday.
Mahanato is likely to discuss the modality of reopening the school, the proposal regarding which will be submitted before the state disaster management authority, which is scheduled to meet on Monday.
Mahanato has signaled that he personally views that the school must be reopened with a thorough test so that it does not place children with risk.