As Kashmir School Reopens After 31 Months, Some Children Say Can't Recognise Friends
NDTV
The teachers say empty school buildings were like haunted houses all this time. Today, they have come alive with the smiling faces of children.
Schools in Kashmir came alive today after renaming shut for 31 months due to the security situation in the border territory and the Covid pandemic.
The students say it was hard to recognise many of their friends as they saw them for the first time since August 2019.
During this long closure, most of the children couldn't even access online education for 18 months due to an internet blockade following the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir's special status on August 5, 2019.
Today, lakhs of children returned to schools. The students say the extended closure has affected their education as well as their social and emotional bonding.
