schools are opening post covid-19 lockdown under such circumstances write a letter to your friend describing the precautions in your letter that you will take when in school and en rote
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402, Snehasadan,
Vijaykar Wadi,
Malad,
Mumbai- 400097
2nd March 2015
Dear Jhanvi,
I hope this letter finds you well. I write this letter to you to discuss a problem that you and I have often agonised about. Remember our bumpy rides to school in the school bus? Well the stretch between SV Road at Milan Junction and the Link Road, passing through Daulat and Rizvi Nagar, is still a nightmare for commuters. I recently read in the papers that this infamous stretch has 179 potholes! To top it up, the rains have turned many of them into small pools of dirty water, the biggest among them measuring 3 X 3 metres with a depth of 10 inches! Naturally, the
motorists struggle every day to commute on this road.
The authorities may take years to act upon this problem. So it is up to us to take the necessary precautions to avoid any fatalities. We need to instruct our bus driver to steer clear of the big potholes. Driving slowly will minimise the inconvenience caused to the passengers. The water filled potholes have to be avoided since it is difficult to gauge their depth. We can also opt for
an alternate route even if it takes longer to get to school. I have decided to distribute these printed instructions to other motorists who use this road. I truly believe that the frequency of accidents can be brought down considerably if everyone adheres to these instructions. Write
back to me with your views on this subject.
Yours sincerely,
Anisha
Warning that widespread closures of educational facilities present an unprecedented risk to children’s education and well-being, the U.N. agencies have laid down guidelines for reopening of schools that have been closed in most parts of the world due to the COVID-19 outbreak. According to the guidelines framed by UNESCO, UNICEF, World Bank and the World Food Programme, the best interests of children and overall public health considerations, based on an assessment of the associated benefits and risks to education, public health and socio-economic factor, must be central to national and local authorities’ decisions to reopen schools.
The guidelines note that while there is not enough evidence yet to measure the impact of school closures on the disease transmission rates, the adverse effects of school closures on children’s safety and learning are well documented. Gains made in increasing access to children’s education in recent decades risk being lost and, in the worse cases, reversed completely.
“Widespread closures of educational facilities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic present an unprecedented risk to children’s education and well-being, particularly for the most marginalised children who rely on school for their education, health, safety and nutrition.