Author: Pratham Education Foundation

Most children are several years behind the grade level and, therefore, find it impossible to follow. So, teachers tend to default to teaching the few children who can follow the curriculum, and let the rest manage on their own. This reinforces the inequity in the classroom. The result is that children who once fall behind rarely catch up.

“आज जिस बच्चे का नाम कक्षा दो में लिखा है, वो कभी स्कूल गया ही नहीं है। जब स्कूल खुलेंगे, उसे किस पाठ्यक्रम, किस पाठ्यपुस्तक से पढ़ाएंगे? इन महत्वपूर्ण प्रशनों को लेके पढ़ें रुक्मिणी बनर्जी का कॉलम|

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कोई शहर, कोई गांव, मोहल्ला नहीं बचा होगा, जहां कोरोना महामारी ने अपने पैर न पसारे हों। हर परिवार ने घर या पड़ोस में, कोरोना के कहर को झेला है या देखा है।