Sudarshan Sharma is a student from Cotton University, Assam says, “Let us assume that a button of my shirt loosens and eventually falls off. I can use a safety pin in place of the button for a few days. But it will be better to stitch it back with a needle and thread rather than temporarily securing it with a safety pin. Online Education too, is like this safety pin to a shirt which cannot be the new normal.”
On March 15, 2020, the Government of Assam decided to shut down all the educational institutes in the state. This decision followed a 21-day nationwide lockdown, further extensions and lastly, stages of ‘Unlock’. However, the government did not risk re-opening educational institutions.
Finally, on October 17, Dr Himanta Biswa Sharma, the Education Minister of Assam declared that all the schools and colleges of Assam would re-open from November 2, this year.
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