Group of doctors, academicians calls for immediate resumption of in-person classes in schools
The Hindu
India is among only four to five countries across the world where schools have been closed for such a long time (one-and-half years).
A group of 56 academicians, doctors and other professionals have written an open letter to chief ministers and union territory administrators requesting them to urgently consider reopening schools and resuming in-person classes. In their letter which has also been marked to the Prime Minister’s Office, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and the National Disaster Management Authority Chairperson, the signatories said COVID-19 vaccination of children should not be a prerequisite for reopening schools. “A number of governments have not yet reopened schools for all classes because of concerns including students are not vaccinated, schools appear to be ‘super-spreaders’, fear of a third wave and a rise in cases in areas where schools have been opened.... There is global evidence to support school opening and governments should urgently consider opening schools and resuming in-person classes,” the letter reads.More Related News