LET ALL CHILDREN BE IN SCHOOLS IN THIS POST- LOCKDOWN PERIOD

Fortunately, children are going to school again. Some are in a regular way and some others are on every alternate day. But the worrying fact is that many other children are still away from school. When I met some parents of such students, their answers were were almost similar, “We are going through a very difficult time, its very hard to afford the uniforms and also unable to pay the monthly fees which has not been paid for months.” When I talked to the parents I noticed the plights that they have been undergoing.

The lockdown, which was imposed countrywide in India for a long period of time due to the Covid-19 pandemic, snatched away livelihood of many families across the country. The Covid-19, a major cause of global economic slowdown also severely impacted on children education and learnings. 

The education system had been jeopardized with the lockdown announced in India towards the end of March, 2019. Although schools resumed recently under some Covid protocols, many children are still out of school.

Childhood is the most important period of learning as the children have innate quality to learn. But if there were no schooling for the children of uneducated parents or guardians, how they could learn. In some cases many children, whose ages around 8-year still struggling with their primer chanting ba, bi, bu, be…. The first step of learning for life has been missed which is very difficult to recuperate in the entire lifetime. 

Social distancing or stay at home also affected the children in rural and urban areas differently. Children have the right to play but they could not in the entire period of lockdown. By playing games, children learns many crucial things. It also helps them in physical and mental growth. Children also need other recreational activities. But all these were snapped for children in this period.

Hope, may God help in ending the pandemic! No………Delta, no Omicron, no any lethal variant. Let all be over soon.