Delhi parents protest against CM residence demanding reopening of schools for primary students

A group of parents staged a protest on Saturday near Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal’s residence, demanding students of classes 1 to 8 return to schools.

The protesting parents, led by the Management Association of Delhi State Public Schools, said that since the work has been resumed in the Anganwadis, courts and classrooms from 9th to 12th, the students of primary section also have to go back to the schools. should be allowed.

RC Jain, president of the Delhi State Public Schools Management Association, said the government should provide parents with the option of sending their children to school along with continuing online education.

“The government should issue an SOP that can give its children to attend offline classes and follow certain guidelines, and the rest can continue through the online medium,” said Mr. Jain PTI.

He said that after more than a year from school, the children have become frustrated and their parents are finding it difficult to go to their work and take care of the child’s education at the same time.

Educational institutions in the national capital closed in March last year due to a coronavirus epidemic. The work of reopening educational institutions in the national capital has begun.