When will school reopen? A frequently discussed question with no possible certainty is attached. This wave of discussion had gone much ahead. Now Wipro chairman Rishad Premji and Mahindra Group chief Anand Mahindra have also joined in. They believe that schools should be reopened under immediate effect as damage control.
This is now critical. We need to focus on getting all schools reopened. ALL staff to get vaccinated on priority to facilitate this Reopening. Very simply, the country’s future is at stake… @narendramodi @dpradhanbjp https://t.co/41RMpkD6MF
— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) July 28, 2021
Mahindra shared a tweet by Amit Chandra and Archana Chandra founders of A.T.E. Chandra Foundation. The foundation took t Twitter to convey the message that governments need to focus on reopening schools or colleges by vaccinating all employees as children have been impacted severely due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The non-profit foundation, which dedicates to the essence of education, gender, health, governance, and arts and culture among others, also realized that the vaccine priority policy should consist of 100 per cent coverage of not just teachers but all staff serving on the premises. They also suggested that the gap between doses needs to be shortened from 12 weeks to 8 weeks for every school staff to speed up vaccination coverage.
Premji averred the damage of keeping schools closed is worse and India can take lessons from other countries that have been successful. The former NASSCOM chairman retweeted Mahindra’s tweet and wrote, “We absolutely must open schools. The damage of them staying closed is now worse than schools opening. Lots of lessons to take from other countries that have done this successfully.”
We absolutely must open schools. The damage of them staying closed is now worse then schools opening. Lots of lessons to take from other countries that have done this successfully. https://t.co/Qc5Xer7xzR
— Rishad Premji (@RishadPremji) July 28, 2021
