For the first time since the pandemic hit the State in March 2020, students of all classes have been allowed to attend school physically from Monday as the Directorate of Education (DoE) has cleared the deck for schools to conduct physical classes.
This is a step in the right direction as there has been a drop in Covid-19 positive cases. Schools in most other States have already reopened for physical classes.
Until now, offline classes during the pandemic have only been conducted for Class VII to XII. These offline sessions too had been conducted off and on depending on the Covid-19 situation in the State.
The government has also decided that all school exams for the rest of the current academic year will also be conducted in the offline mode. It must be said that school children have had a harrowing time during the past two years since the pandemic hit the state.
They had to stay indoors glued to their mobiles as they followed the online classes and in the process missed playing outdoors, missed their school friends and the joy associated with childhood days.
All this could have had a psychological impact on the children and they may not be forthcoming in their response. When the offline examinations are held it would be in the fitness of things not to detain the students of lower classes despite their performance.
