‘No stress, no mandatory uniforms, no tests, sharing experiences to be part of first week’.
Private Schools Association of Jammu and Kashmir (PSAJK) today said that the the first week of re-opening of schools will be celebrated as a week of happiness and sharing of experiences, so that students start the session in a stress free environment.The Association said that the last two years of closure of schools and pandemic situation has severely affected school children and apart from education they need emotional healing. “These two years have been very tough for the entire society. We have to deal with so many problems and children are often the silent sufferers.
So we have to keep in mind the psychological status of these children. They have to be gently made part of the school system again without overwhelming them,” said Var. “So we have asked schools to celebrate the first week as a sort of home coming week which should be full of fun filled activities and counselling of students.”The Association said that opening of schools is a moment when after many seasons of separation, our children shall be back with us, when our empty school – compounds shall come alive again. The Association stressed that while we celebrate going back to school, we must make sure that we give children also reasons to celebrate this return.
“The school coming should be such that children will remember it for their entire life and cherish this moment. For the time being let us keep the books aside and ask children what they have missed and what they want. Engage them in a activities like painting, poetry and story writing, sports activities, science activities and above all listen to their stories. Every children must have a story to tell. Ask them to speak and share their stories. It will help them a lot and relieve them of any burden that they may be carrying,” said Var.
