The Covid-19 pandemic has created a whole new set of woes, the anxiety of young parents to let their children attend school physically is one of them. Although the number of Covid-19 cases in the city has decreased significantly and it has been over two months since schools across the state reopened, a survey of 7,665 parents (of pre-primary and primary students) has revealed that nearly 32 per cent of them are still unwilling to send their children to a physical school.

A survey of parents of school students in the age group of 3 to 10 ten years, conducted by the Early Childhood Association and Association for Primary Education and Research (ECA-APER), reveals that a major chunk of parents surveyed are still not ready to send their children to ‘in-person’ school. The reasons stated included: lack of vaccination for the age group, or because they still work from home and don’t have the time or inclination to send their children to a physical school, citing safety and convenience.