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A Math Problem: After 5 weeks of catch-up, some progress, some problems unsolved

A Math Problem: After 5 weeks of catch-up, some progress, some problems unsolved

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In mid-March, weeks before schools reopened to full capacity across the Capital on April 1 after two years of a pandemic-induced shutdown, the report card on the desk of Neha Sharma, math teacher of Class 5A of the Delhi government’s Veer Savarkar Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, was bleak: Of her 38 students, there were 16 who […]

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Stories they bring to class: Broken homes, lost jobs, troubled lives

Stories they bring to class: Broken homes, lost jobs, troubled lives

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Harish’s father is a daily-wage worker who says he needs to take his wife once a month to a dargah to treat her “mental illness”. When they are out, no one’s there to ensure Harish goes to school. Siddharth’s father is an alcoholic and his mother, who recently lost her anganwadi job, says he often […]

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