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Schools in the national capital were closed in March 2020 ahead of a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Updated : Apr 01, 2022, 11:16 AM IST
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Parents dropping off their children on school buses with mixed emotions, ensuring that they were carrying sanitiser bottles and well-decorated schools -- these were the scenes in Delhi-NCR as institutions resumed offline classes from Friday after a gap of more than two years.
Sudha Acharya, the chairperson of the National Progressive Schools' Conference (NPSC), which has over 120 private schools as its members, said that students were eagerly awaiting this day. "It is after two years that schools are re-reopening and students were excited to get back to school," she said.
Acharya is the principal of ITL Public School, Dwarka. At her school, teachers conducted a special prayer assembly for students. "Teachers had prepared special performances for students and it's like a festival today. Yesterday, we held a farewell for Class 12 students and they were very happy. At 11 am, we will tune in for the prime minister's Pariksha Pe Charcha," she said.
Rashmi Dixit, the parent of a Class 5 student of Shri Ram Global School in Noida Extension, said, "My son was earlier studying in Nagpur and today is his first day in his new school. He had been attending online classes at this school for the last year. He will be meeting his friends. Students had grown comfortable with the idea of online classes but this will be a good shift for them as they will get back into a proper routine."
Dixit said the first day was slightly chaotic, especially for the parents, as some school buses were running late and they received multiple messages about the delay. "I have to leave for office by 7.30 am and we were expecting the bus to arrive by 7 am, but it was delayed by almost 30 minutes. I ended up getting late to work," she said.
Schools in the national capital were closed in March 2020 ahead of a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus. While they reopened in phases, the hybrid modes of classes -- online and offline -- became the popular approach and students were allowed to attend classes in schools only with their parent's consent.
(Agency report)
