We Failed Our Children
Smothering education in masks 16 months is not a short period. We have seen enormous amount of work getting done in this Corona pandemic. Healthcare upgrade was phenomenal even if far from sufficient. IT industry flourished a lot in this period because they have accepted the new normal and adapted to the demands. Work from home turned out to be a win-win situation for both employees and employers. One sector however got completely overlooked by the govt. of Bharat that is Education . Government never appeared to be determined to solve the problems faced by education sector. There was never a point in time when govt. had clear strategy on how to conduct activities in this sector. They took the procrastinating approach of crossing the bridge when we reach there. And what they did then? They kept cancelling and postponing various exams - The only actions taken by the government because there was no time left to take any action. And they took pride in cancelling exams too which in my opi