Dhaka, Sept. 17 -- Kamal Ahmed Majumder School and College in Dhaka's Rupnagar reopened for in-person classes along with all other educational institutions up to class XII on Sept 12. But the attendance rate so far has been 70 percent on average.

Mojaharul Islam, headmaster of the institution which caters to students mostly from low-income families, doubts whether the remaining 30 percent will ever come back to the classroom.

"Many have gone back to their villages. Some girls have been married off while other students have taken up jobs," he said.

"Some students may drop out of school as not all of them are solvent."

Surveys had predicted huge dropouts amid the pandemic. There is no clear picture of the real situation now just days af...