Covid Shuts Schools Again, Takes Toll On Learning
The New Indian Express Chennai|January 19, 2022
WITH schools closed, education officials of city corporation and school staff are faced with another challenge — how to keep interest in learning alive among students and prevent dropouts.
Nirupama Viswanathan
Covid Shuts Schools Again, Takes Toll On Learning

While senior corporation officials told TNIe they will have a plan in place within this week, school staff said there are only a few options available for corporation school students in order to continue learning because of a lack of access to internet. It was only this year that corporation schools registered record enrolment, with over one lakh admissions.

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