Always on the move: The troubling landscape of the right to education for migrant children in India April 19, 2021, 7:04 PM IST
The Supreme Court of India, on April 13, 2021 has directed all the states to inform the court about the number and status of migrant children in India and directed the protection of their fundamental rights during the deadly COVID-19 pandemic in India. Unsurprisingly, it took us more than a year into the pandemic to take note of the situation of one of the most marginalized categories of children in India.
While the first wave of the pandemic shook the country by surprise when we witnessed the unprecedented migrant crisis in India, very limited attention was paid to the children of those migrant communities who were also on the move and were under greater vulnerability of missing out on important developmental aspects, especially education. The coverage or advocacy around this aspect of the migrant crisis has been fairly limited during t
Open schools only when teachers are vaccinated, Covid norms in place: Lancet s India Task Force
Among recommendations by the Lancet Covid-19 Commission s India Task Force are a series of suggestions for the road ahead, a financial package and also assessment of the digital divide that the pandemic has exposed.
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Students undergo thermal scanning at a school in Maharashtra s Thane on February 16, 2021 (Photo Credits: PTI)
HIGHLIGHTS School openings coincided with rise in transmission rates where measures weren t taken Bridge digital divide by improving access to internet connectivity and devices
School teachers and staff, school support staff and school bus drivers should receive priority vaccinations ahead of the next academic year, recommends the Lancet Covid-19 Commission s India Task Force. The recommendations have been published in the peer-reviewed medical journal- The Lancet.