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Due to triple lockdowns, primary school education has suffered the most in Kashmir

By Muhammad Tahir

SCHOOL-going children in Kashmir have been badly affected by the triple lockdown. Nearly 2 million kids have missed around two years of formal schooling. Following the revocation of Article 370 on 5 August 2019, curfew, communication blockade and hartal kept schools closed for many weeks. In spring 2020, schools in Kashmir were closed due the first wave of Covid-19 pandemic. Then the so-called 'second wave' (of Covid-19) struck and schools were again closed under Government Order No. 91-Edu of 2021, dated 04.04.2021.

Although...