Ludhiana, January 9Students and parents have proved that no amount of politics can affect their final decision when it comes to the matter of attending school. Thin attendance in city schools, both government, as well as private, is testimony to the fact.While the state education department and the district administration had been engaged in a tug-of-war earlier this week and even as various school authorities played their own tunes over the closure of schools in the district, the students and remained mute spectators to the entire episode.Now that the issue has been resolved with schools reopening on January 7 and the primary ones opening yesterday, a ray of hope of normalcy returning to schools was emerging, the students decided to play truant.Quite apparently, harsh weather conditions and dipping temperatures are keeping the students away from classes as parents are apprehensive about sending their children to school in the bone-chilling cold.The apprehension among parents of government school students seems to be even more widespread as most of these schools lack basic facilities and a comfortable environment, required to protect children from the winter chill.The parents' hesitation was manifested in thin attendance in the schools across the district for the third consecutive day today even as the teaching staff of most schools continued to be present in full strength. "The weather is simply too harsh to go outdoors, especially for young children. Even though the schools have reopened, I have not sent my children to school. I will send them from Monday if the weather gets better. It is better to have the kids miss some classes than having them down with ailments due to cold," remarked Sarita Sharma, mother of two primary school students. Another parent Anuradha Guglani added, "Even though most school authorities have changed the timings to a later hour, they have not changed their schedule of holding the morning assembly session and outdoor activities. I feel this can lead to exposure among children and make them fall sick, thus, I have not allowed my children to go to school till now. I will send them on Monday with a written request to their class teachers to avoid sending them outdoors for long periods."
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