This year, the escalation of the Covid crisis, the imposition of lockdown and halting of teaching-learning all went hand-in-hand and has led to schools and teachers completely breaking contact with students. Meanwhile, summer vacation for Delhi schools was also brought forward and began on April 20. This year, the escalation of the Covid crisis, the imposition of lockdown and halting of teaching-learning all went hand-in-hand and has led to schools and teachers completely breaking contact with students. Last year, one area where schools had difficulty tracing students was when students were transferred from class V in municipal corporation schools to class VI in Delhi government schools. Last year, my school had received accurate contact details of only about 30% of new children from their MCD school.

Source: Indian Express May 09, 2021 13:57 UTC