Hem-and-Haw

25^th June, 06:57 pm.

Just when I’m reading an article, a notif flashes from THE very “Official” classroom WhatsApp group of ours. I hold the humdrum online lectures responsible for unmuting the group, which since the past one year found itself lazy enough to bother me.

Anyways, the notif, it’s a notice. Being a peace lubber, I find it better on my part to ignore it. But not everyone. So, here pops up another message from my batch mate “Abey ye kya hai? Phook key rakhe hai kya college wale!”, followed by relevant emojis of course. PANIC! Now I take the pain to have a glance at the notice. 

You may also let your eyeballs scrolled over the most cruel statement I encountered this lockdown.

I find the case funny enough to stop laughing. Then I pause for a moment and try to recall the subjects which we used to study, back then. Been 4 months, that’s quite a long time; you’ll admit. And now it’s reasonable why the faculties took so much of pain to complete finish our 2^nd sem classes online.

This wasn’t all. Insanity is holding subsequent classes for the 3^rd sem and putting the students under great confusion. 

Nevertheless, why should we condemn only the 40^th meeting of the Senate of our college when a majority of the schools and institutions all over the world still remain in the “hem and haw” regarding their students’ near future?

According to a report, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has estimated that over 421 million children are affected due to school closures in 39 countries.

In a matter of few months, the face of education in India has changed, with the coronavirus spreading rapidly across the globe. 

So, dear reader, here I take the efforts to bring out to you the multiple facets of the impacts, both short and long term, that this Corona age, or rather the “Coronage” has or will be having particularly for students.

Hence, stay tuned for the succeeding posts, COMING SOON….