Back to school: Gurugram, Delhi schools reopen to near empty classrooms

Teachers, too, are concerned about the challenges of convincing younger children to adhere to social distancing norms

It is 8.35 am and the rain has flooded the roads leading to Amity International School in Sector 46, Gurugram. The staff checks the register as a guard fills up a sanitiser dispenser. The school is reopening after a long gap and they want to ensure all proto­cols are followed. A short while later, a Class XII student steps out of a red Maruti Suzuki Swift, and the delighted staff welcomes her warmly. School has finally begun. “At last somebody’s arrived,” says a staff member as the student sanitises her hands. “Now we are hopeful that others will come, too.”