Prolonged closure of schools makes parents campaign for reopening

A group of them from the city have formed PACES, collecting responses from other parents to send their kids back to school

It has been over two years since several students in primary classes and kindergarten attended in-person classes.

While the Tamil Nadu Government allowed the resumption of in-person classes for primary and middle schools from November last year, this was suspended in two months, owing to the increase in COVID-19 cases.

A few weeks ago, Divya. V noticed her daughter trying to speak to another child during their virtual class, and was tapping on the laptop screen to get her attention. “While schools are doing their best to keep children engaged, she definitely misses being in a classroom with her peers,” said the parent.