Most parents agree to send wards back to school, says education dept.

 Most parents agree to send wards back to school, says education dept.

48% of parents in Millennium City have given their consent

21/09/2020

 Ashok Kumar GURUGRAM

Nearly 84% of parents whose children are in government schools and 73% of those whose wards are in private schools are willing to send them to their respective schools for guidance, according to the State Education Department.

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As the government is looking to re-open schools in the State, a majority of parents have given their consent. In government schools, of the 1,36,847 parents contacted by the State education department, 1,14,643 are willing to send their wards back to schools. In private schools, 7,060 out of 9,751 parents have given their consent.

Fatehabad tops the table for government schools with 91% of parents in agreement and Panchkula in the bottom with 69%. Similarly, 100% of parents, whose children are in private schools in Hisar, have given their consent, but Kurukshetra parents seem to be most wary of allowing their kids to return to school as only 33% have agreed. In Gurugram and Faridabad, only 48% and 64% of parents have given their consent for private schools.

As per the guidelines set by the MHA, students of classes IX-XII may be permitted to visit their schools voluntarily from September 21 for taking guidance from their teachers with consent from parents.

District Education Officer (Nuh) Anoop Singh Jakhar said 87% of parents had given their consent but the student would not be allowed without consent letters. Mr. Jakhar said the students would mostly be educated about the SoPs on the first day. Haryana Progressive Schools Conference, Gurugram, president Col. K. Pratap Singh said “quite a few” private schools here would open on Monday. “Some of the students are very keen to return to school. It will be a choice for them and a trial for us,” said Col. Singh, adding that managements would watch the situation for a fortnight. However, in his school, only 20% of parents of Class X students have given their consent. He said online classes for private schools were running well and therefore parents were less keen to send their wards to schools.