Jharkhand's government schools have a massive teacher shortage, a survey by Gyan Vigyan Samiti Jharkhand has found. The survey was conducted in 138 primary and upper primary schools between September and October 2022 to assess their condition after the COVID-19 pandemic. Jharkhand's school system was shut for two years, among the longest in the world. Teachers told the surveyors they felt that most students had forgotten how to read and...
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53% teachers say most primary students in Jharkhand forgot to read, write after COVID-19: Survey
-Scroll.in An acute shortage of teachers was also noticed in the state, a report prepared by Economist Jean Dreze stated. Fifty-three percent of teachers who were part of a survey have said that most students in primary and upper-primary government schools in Jharkhand had forgotten how to read and write by the time schools reopened in February 2022 after the coronavirus pandemic. Primary and upper-primary schools were closed in Jharkhand since the onset...
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