Rama Kant Agnihotri writes who

Several post-pandemic studies have shown that students lag behind in all the school subjects. It has also been shown that online classes have not proved helpful and education cannot continue in this faceless inactive mode.

In addition to several other damages, the coronavirus pandemic has caused a major educational breakdown. Students whose academic levels, particularly in the rural and semi-urban areas, were already far below the target feel completely lost. Teachers who went through a traumatic spell in dealing with the Covid crisis in their families, while negotiating unfamiliar online classes, associated technical glitches and endless online meetings are also at a loss as they meet, say, a Class VII student who has completely missed Classes V and VI. A recent series of articles in this paper has highlighted the challenges posed by the educational emergency in classrooms in Delhi. The student, in several cases, could be from a family of first-generation learners; she is not likely to have any smart device or connectivity to attend the sporadic online classes. It’s also not unlikely that her parents may have lost their jobs.

In addition to several other damages, the coronavirus pandemic has caused a major educational breakdown. Students whose academic levels, particularly in the rural and semi-urban areas, were already far below the target feel completely lost. Teachers who went through a traumatic spell in dealing with the Covid crisis in their families, while negotiating unfamiliar online classes, associated technical glitches and endless online meetings are also at a loss as they meet, say, a Class VII student who has completely missed Classes V and VI. A recent series of articles in this paper has highlighted the challenges posed by the educational emergency in classrooms in Delhi. The student, in several cases, could be from a family of first-generation learners; she is not likely to have any smart device or connectivity to attend the sporadic online classes. It’s also not unlikely that her parents may have lost their jobs.

In addition to several other damages, the coronavirus pandemic has caused a major educational breakdown. Students whose academic levels, particularly in the rural and semi-urban areas, were already far below the target feel completely lost. Teachers who went through a traumatic spell in dealing with the Covid crisis in their families, while negotiating unfamiliar online classes, associated technical glitches and endless online meetings are also at a loss as they meet, say, a Class VII student who has completely missed Classes V and VI. A recent series of articles in this paper has highlighted the challenges posed by the educational emergency in classrooms in Delhi. The student, in several cases, could be from a family of first-generation learners; she is not likely to have any smart device or connectivity to attend the sporadic online classes. It’s also not unlikely that her parents may have lost their jobs.

In addition to several other damages, the coronavirus pandemic has caused a major educational breakdown. Students whose academic levels, particularly in the rural and semi-urban areas, were already far below the target feel completely lost. Teachers who went through a traumatic spell in dealing with the Covid crisis in their families, while negotiating unfamiliar online classes, associated technical glitches and endless online meetings are also at a loss as they meet, say, a Class VII student who has completely missed Classes V and VI. A recent series of articles in this paper has highlighted the challenges posed by the educational emergency in classrooms in Delhi. The student, in several cases, could be from a family of first-generation learners; she is not likely to have any smart device or connectivity to attend the sporadic online classes. It’s also not unlikely that her parents may have lost their jobs.