‘Decision to open schools ill-advised’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
03.11.2020
In a letter to state chief secretary K Shanmugam, former IAS officer Ashok Vardhan Shetty said the “decision to reopen schools and colleges in Tamil Nadu in two weeks is ill-advised”.
Shetty said it may “set at naught all the good work done so far”. Terming the move as a case of ‘haste makes waste’, Shetty said, “From the images of the milling crowds of Diwali shoppers, it is evident that a spike in Covid-19 cases is just around the corner. This is likely to be the case till all the festivals including Christmas and Pongal are over.”
Shetty cited the latest lockdown in the UK and said, “India/ Tamil Nadu cannot afford a second lockdown after what we have seen of the disastrous consequences of the first.
Moreover, November-December is the season for northeast monsoon and possible floods when schools and colleges may have to be closed for some of the days. It is also the season for various winter illnesses.”
Shetty said reopening of schools may be deferred “till after Pongal next year”.
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