Somewhat impossible to open schools this year, says Kerala assistant education officer

  • Kerala apparently not willing to reopen schools at the very moment as the state is again witnessing an upward curve in the number of COVID-19 cases.
  • The assistant education officer said this year it’s somewhat impossible to open schools but the state government has introduced a new method of online learning.
  • He told that on June 1, the state government introduced a trial run on online learning. 
  • Education officer further said that poor and backward students don’t have smartphones so they come to such centres.
  • It is noted that Kerala  was the state which witnessed the first case of COVID-19 in India.
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