Manipur Schools Reopen, Fear And Lack Of Transport Keep Most Children Away
NDTV
State education department officials said that the students who did attend expressed happiness that the schools had reopened.
Fear and a lack of transportation kept most children away from schools in violence-hit Manipur when they reopened today after staying shut for over two months. The attendance on the first day was only 20 per cent.
State education department officials, however, said that the students who did attend expressed happiness that the schools had reopened, and the sentiment was shared by their parents as well. The state government is also making efforts to arrange free admission in nearby schools for students who have been displaced.
Violence had erupted in the state on May 3 and the state government had announced extended summer vacation for the schools from May 4. Chief Minister N Biren Singh had said on Monday that schools would reopen for Classes 1 to 8 today.
