The Pandemic and Reopening Schools

This issue's contents includes: (1) The Implications of Schools Reopening in India; (2) Building Capacities of School Institutions for COVID-19 Response and Risk Reduction in Urban Ahmedabad; (3) Handbook for Reopening Schools?; (4) Suggested Protocols for Reopening of Schools; (5) The Pandemic and Schools: Key Measures by ASDMA; (6) The Pandemic and School Reopening in Tripura State; (7) The Pandemic and School Reopening Plans in Uttar Pradesh; (8) The Pandemic and School Reopening in India; (9) Reopening Schools in India; (10) School Reopening Agenda after the Pandemic; (11) The Pandemic and School Reopening in Uttarakhand; (12) The Challenges of Education Continuity after the Lockdown: Vidya Bhawan’s Experiences; (13) Education Inequality and School Reopening during COVID-19 Pandemic; (14) The Pandemic and Schools: Role of ADRC in Reopening; (15) What are the Best Ways to Reopen Schools after the Lockdown?; and (16) Reopening Schools: A Way Ahead?

Some of the best thinkers, researchers, experts, and activists, including Mihir R. Bhatt with AIDMI Team; Major General Manoj Kumar Bindal, Executive Director, NIDM (Ministry of Home Affairs), New Delhi, India; Shyam Dave and Krati Jain, UNICEF, Gujarat; Brig (Dr.) BK Khanna, CEO UNDRR ARISE India; and Dr. Nina Khanna, BNK Crisis & DM Services, India; Mridusmita Borah, ASDMA, India; Dr. Sarat Kumar Das, Tripura Disaster Management Authority, Tripura, India; Ashwin Srivastava, CEO, Sapio Analytics, India; Dr. Kanchan Gandhi, IISER, Mohali, India; Chandra Bhakuni, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India; Dr. Lalatendu Kesari Das, Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee, Uttarakhand, India; Mr. Hardy Dewan, Azim Premji University and Pushpraj Ranawat, Vidya Bhawan Senior Secondary School, Udaipur, India; Campelo Koslinski, and Tiago Lisboa Bartholo, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil; Nakagawa Masaaki, ADRC with Gerald Potutan, ADRC, Japan; and Steve Glovinsky, Advisor, Peer Consult, New York

Theme: COVID-19 Impact, Pandemic, Reopening Schools, Education