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77 million children have spent 18 months out of class: #ReopenSchools, urges UNICEF

Sep 17, 2021, at 09:17 pm

New York: The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says the world is facing an education crisis due to the COVID pandemic, that has left nearly 77 million children shut out of the classroom for the past 18 months.  

G20 countries urged to stop ‘COVID generation’ from being locked out of the classroom

Aug 20, 2020, at 06:22 pm

New York: A group of 275 former world leaders, economists and business leaders on Wednesday, urged the G20 group of leading industrialized nations to help stop the pandemic from leaving tens of millions of children from becoming known as the "COVID generation", denied a proper education.

Govt's bag breather for schoolchildren

Nov 27, 2018, at 10:31 pm

New Delhi, Nov 27 (IBNS): School bags are set to become lighter with India's human resource development ministry issuing a directive to this effect to states and Union territories.