When the Delhi government had announced the reopening of schools for students of Classesn9 to 12, the parents, students as well as school managements had expressed their nervousness and concerns. While school administrations were excited about the students returning to the physical classrooms, getting the consent of their parents appeared to be a mammoth task. A week after the reopening, the schools are alive again, but with the Covid-19 norms in place.
In an East Delhi private school, one could notice the social distancing inside the classroom as students attended the lecture on ‘Sufism’. A mobile phone mounted on a small tripod infront of the blackboard broadcasted the same lesson to those attending the class in online mode. The masks were on. And students along with books, copies and pens were armed with their sanitizers.
Back in the corridor, a group of students was heading towards the science laboratory.
“The last time I had attended classes in the school was in Standard 10th. And after a year and a half, when the offline classes have resumed, I have reached Class 12,” Naina Varshney, a student of Evergreen Public School, said.
She expressed that earlier there were fears about the COVID-19 infection but after attending the school for the past 7 days, these concerns are slowly fading away.
