Odisha today announced the state’s pandemic-affected education system would be resumed. Nevertheless, the major concern on everyone’s mind is whether the state government has vaccinated all teachers (teaching grades 9-12) across the state.
This is significant because the Lancet Covid-19 Commission’s India Task Force recently advised that, before opening schools, teachers, school workers, and school bus drivers be vaccinated as a matter of priority.
Unesco has also recommended that all teachers be completely vaccinated before the start of the school year.
“Regardless of their age, teachers must be treated as a priority group,” the Unesco report stated. However, when the SME department said today that schools will open-intake ownership on July 26, there was no mention of only vaccinated teachers teaching courses across the state.
Odisha is the 12th state to establish educational institutions. The following states have allowed the new academic semester to begin in July. Also, where teachers have been vaccinated on a first-come, first-serve basis.
-Punjab
-Telangana
-West Bengal
-Delhi
-Madhya Pradesh
-Gujarat
-Maharashtra
-Tamil Nadu
-Karnataka
-Andhra Pradesh
-Uttar Pradesh
Punjab: Colleges and higher educational institutions are permitted to reopen with conditions. The teaching and nonteaching staff have received at least one dose of vaccine 14 days before opening.
Gujarat: Colleges and technical institutes can resume with 50% staff
Bihar: Schools have opened from July 6. Teachers are being vaccinated in a special immunization camp.
Haryana: Schools have resumed operations with 50% capacity.
Maharashtra: The areas where no covid patients have been found since the last 30 days have resumed.
Andhra Pradesh: After a special vaccination drive for teachers the schools will resume from August 16.
According to study figures, a stunning 6 lakh kids in classes 9 and 10 were unable to join online classes. According to the data, the majority of school-going children in the state are unable to get benefits from SME’s online education initiative. This was launched after schools were closed due to the pandemic.
According to statistics released by the SME secretary, a total of 150 academic days were lost due to pandemic in the academic year 2020-21, out of 190 working days in an academic year.
In proportion, the pandemic cost nearly three out of every four school days.
According to a recent UNESCO report, India and Bangladesh are the two countries with the biggest number of educational institutions closed for 60 weeks in 2020-21.
