Your Weekly Fix: The Case For Sending Your Kids Back to School

This is the second episode of our podcast, Your Weekly Fix. Today, we address parental anxiety, as schools, closed for over a year and half, reopen gradually. Dr Lancelot Pinto, pulmonologist at Mumbai’s PD Hinduja Hospital, a parent himself, explains why the benefits of reopening schools far outweigh the risks.

To understand the enormous impact school closures have had, one expert called it a ‘generational catastrophe’, you can read our ground reports here:

https://scroll.in/article/1003001/our-children-have-been-set-back-by-two-years-in-mumbai-another-round-of-online-classes-begins

https://scroll.in/article/1001846/its-500-days-since-children-went-to-school-in-india-everything-is-opening-why-arent-schools

https://scroll.in/article/1001694/a-13-year-old-was-locked-out-of-online-classes-because-his-parents-refused-to-pay-annual-school-fees

https://scroll.in/article/1001607/from-avid-learner-to-sole-earner-of-her-family-how-school-closure-changed-this-13-year-olds-life

https://scroll.in/article/1002980/for-indias-young-generation-the-costs-of-school-closure-amid-covid-19-are-mounting

https://scroll.in/article/1001840/by-failing-to-prioritise-education-modi-government-and-the-states-are-harming-indias-future

Writer and host: Smitha Nair
Audio producer: Sujit Lad
Graphics designer: Rubin D'Souza

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