A Thought about Reducing School Vacations
Children
have fallen far behind in their education. To catch up, they’ll need more
teaching throughout the year.
Should we reduce school vacations to have more teaching days —
remote or in person — so that students can catch up at least part-way on the
learning they’ve lost ? We must, because
the situation of many students is dire.
Start with the straits of kids. As ever, whether individual
children suffer depends on their families. Those from well-to-do and educated
households are probably doing fine but most other kids, however, have fallen far behind
during remote and online learning. And those from poor families are lagging
most. These educational gaps will
permanently damage lives. Perhaps, less vacations in school may patch the gaps
upto some extent.