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Thiruvananthapuram, Sept 18 (PTI): With the Kerala government mulling to re-open schools which have been shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said that effective intervention is needed to address social-mental and academic issues being faced by children who had been confined to their homes due to the virus spread.
Stating that all efforts should be made to get to know the children closely, he said interventions would be made to iron out the problems being faced by the youngsters and schemes should be prepared in such a way that new and existing students have a joyous experience in the schools.
"There is a need to draw up schemes which will provide a joyous experience for new and existing students", Vijayan, who chaired the first meeting of Vidya Kiranam State Mission (programme to support deprived children), said here.
There is a need to have a good understanding on how the education system in the state should be after the pandemic, which has so far affected people in the state and claimed over 23,000 lives.
Intervention is needed on social-mental and academic issues being faced by children, who have been confined to their homes for a long time, and their abilities should be discovered and developed, he said.
If there are shortcomings in online teaching, this should be resolved and there should be no digital divide in the state in terms of education, Vijayan added.