Kolkata: The school reopen is the second public interest litigation filed in the Calcutta High Court. AISF state president Soumen Haldar has filed a lawsuit against the West Bengal government.

The petitioner pleaded, “The state government should come up with a specific plan for opening schools. The state should formulate a policy on how to keep schools open in cowardly conditions. There is an urgent need to open schools in the state as directed by the court. The situation is open. “” Why are only schools or colleges closed there? “Asked the plaintiff. The plaintiff further mentioned, “It is harming the students as a whole. The education system has been going through a critical crisis for almost two years now. Readings are being disrupted due to repeated decisions to keep the school and college closed even after opening some of them. The students are the overall losers. At the same time, students are not getting the benefit of free education due to the cost of online class internet. In this case also the policy of the government should be made.

It is to be noted that in March 2020, schools, colleges and other educational institutions were closed for the first time due to the corona. After overcoming that fear, a conditional school was opened in the state in February last year. College offline classes also started. But as soon as the second wave of Corona hit, the doors of the educational institution closed again. Classes in the school-college started from November 16 last year in accordance with the rules. Ninth to twelfth grade students are allowed to go to school conditionally. But it did not last long. Due to the third wave, schools and colleges were closed in the state from January 3.

Another public interest litigation was filed in the Calcutta High Court this week seeking opening of schools and colleges in the state. Lawyer Sion Bandyopadhyay filed the case in the Calcutta High Court on Tuesday. Lawyer Sion Bandyopadhyay claims, “The constitution speaks of the right to free education for all. Currently there is a digital divide among students for online study. Because not everyone has laptops, smartphones, high speed internet. Not everyone has the capacity to bear this cost. The state government will have to bear the cost of all the e-learning gadgets for all the students in the state to conduct their studies in this manner.