MINI SCHOOLS FROM HOME HELP STUDENTS BEAT LOCKDOWN BLUES (SC21806)

MINI SCHOOLS FROM HOME HELP STUDENTS BEAT LOCKDOWN BLUES (SC21806)

Mini schools from home help students beat lockdown blues, learn Japanese in Maharashtra

Split up in groups of five to 10, 600 children of this Marathi medium school are simultaneously attending the session from 34 locations, all of which have blackboards and smartphones, with a parent volunteer overseeing the students. Tori va igirisu de nan to ii mas ka,” inquired eight-year-old Rudra Yadav, looking towards his elder brother Dhruva, 14. Pat comes the reply. “Tori va igirisu de bird to ii mas,” Dhruva said.

Assembled in the living room of their house in Pune’s Shikrapur taluka along with eight other children, the brothers are speaking animatedly in Japanese, even as their mother Rohini, also the group’s Palak Mitra (parent friend), watches on.