The survey by social media community platform LocalCircles also says 21% of parents want to send children back to schools once the test positivity rate drops to 2% or lower.
The decision came after the Supreme Court Thursday pulled up the Delhi government for resuming physical classes in schools amid a rise in the air pollution levels in the city.
Union Ministry of Education announced Wednesday that National Achievement Survey would be conducted across India Friday, for children studying in classes 3, 5, 8 and 10.
50% students per classroom, mandatory thermal screening, staggered lunch breaks & alternate seating arrangements are among the guidelines announced by the Delhi govt for the reopening.
Delhi deputy CM Manish Sisodia said schools should call more than 50% of the students to class but underlined that parents can't be forced to send their ward to the institution.
Govt school principals say attendance is in the 70-80% range since 1 September. Private schools, dogged 3rd Covid wave fears & commute issues, peg number at 10%.
Following a marked improvement in the Covid situation, the Delhi government Friday announced that schools for classes 9 to 12, colleges and coaching institutions will reopen from 1 September.
The phase-wise reopening will take place with Classes 9-12 returning to schools from 1 September and Classes 6 -8 resuming from 8 September, sources said.
When lynching, hate speech and bulldozer politics do not speedily invite the wrath of courts, then something is wrong with the third pillar of governance.
While releasing 'India Employment Report 2024', V Anantha Nageswaran said govt can't solve 'all social, economic challenges'. Congress leader Kharge says CEA protecting 'dear leader'.
In an interview with Gulistan News this week, Union Home Minister Amit Shah said the government would leave law and order to J&K Police and slowly withdraw troops.
The ‘idea’ Kejriwal's politics grew around was a no-holds-barred fight against corruption. That is the reason Modi govt has now tarred him and his entire party with the same paint.
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