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BELAGAVI: A silent campaign initiated by education activists, experts, doctors and members of school development and monitoring committees (SDMCs) was instrumental in changing wary parents and government’s opinions about on-campus learning during the pandemic. The efforts were focused mainly on addressing fears over restarting schools and Vidyagama sessions.
In October last year, concerns about coronavirus infections among teachers and students forced the government to halt the Vidyagama programme. The concerns, activists argued, were not based on hard data as the actual number of Covid-19 cases among students and teachers was lower than what many had thought. Citing experts, TOI reported how the fears were unfounded.