Delhi Govt’s decision to keep schools closed till further notice is welcomed by parents

With the number of COVID-19 cases on the rise, parents of children attending schools in Delhi have welcomed the government’s decision to keep schools closed till further notice. While online learning has been challenging and does not match the social environment of a school, nothing is more important than the safety of “our children”, said parents.

On Wednesday, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced that all schools in the national capital would continue to be closed till further orders in view of the COVID-19 situation. As of Tuesday night, Delhi reported 4,853 new coronavirus cases, the national capital’s biggest ever single-day jump in cases.

Sisodia said parents were not in favour of reopening schools either. One of them is Preeti Khachroo Chandra, whose 12-year-old daughter goes to Bluebells



School International. “The government’s decision makes a lot of sense. From the safety perspective of children, there is limited infrastructure at schools to have social distancing and other hygiene protocols.

“With the number of coronavirus cases spiking in Delhi, it does not make sense to send children to schools. Their immune systems are sensitive and susceptible,” said Chandra. To ensure that the education process continues despite the pandemic, schools across Delhi, and the rest of the country had adopted an online mode of education soon after the lockdown to control the spread of COVID-19 was announced on March 25.

And, while adapting to the new version of school over the last six months has been difficult, parents such as Pallavi Sharma and Meenal Sehgal are not quite ready to let their children off to school.