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Why Schools Should Not be Allowed to Open Prematurely -Soumya Datta and C Saratchand

-Newsclick.in Just reopening schools won’t make an unequal education system more equal without public funding. It may speed up SARS-CoV-2 mutations and risk another brutal Covid-19 wave. The Delhi government recently decided to reopen schools and other educational institutions after a long Covid-19 related shutdown. Previously, several other states had taken similar decisions. Such decisions have been backed by several experts and activists, principally on two grounds. Firstly, socially and economically disadvantaged sections have unequal access to online classes, which can only be addressed by reopening schools. Secondly, reopening schools and educational institutions is unlikely to lead to a severe wave or spike in Covid-19 infections. We disagree with both propositions.  Let us begin with the first. Unequal access to online education has indeed widened the learning gap between children from socio-economically disadvantaged and the privileged sections. It is because of two reasons. One, the socially and economically disadvantaged sections cannot afford the infrastructure required to attend online classes. This infrastructure might include laptops or smartphones, the internet, as well as a peaceful physical location to study.  Two, many students might not have been trained to use online tools. We contend that both of these are the results of deliberate policy choices. Policy in India has not adequately emphasised public funding to provide access and training to use computers and the internet. Likewise, public funding for providing physical space in neighbourhood schools, libraries etc., was never adequate. Please click here to read more.