Teaching can't be business as usual once schools reopen: Bikkrama D Singh

'The teacher needs to alter behaviour and do flexible, iterative work', said Central Square Foundation's co-managing director

When the coronavirus pandemic broke in March 2020, India’s schools and colleges downed shutters. The closure has extended well beyond everyone’s expectations. Parents are concerned about the learning loss and the impact on children’s social and mental well-being. How do children live without virtually any social interaction for this long? How long before the negative effects of this take over? What happens to the age group of 5-8 years who have lost very precious formative learning years?

Nationwide, the closure has raised serious questions: What is the relevance of the National Education Policy, 2019, a report that looked at education