Sonia Gandhi's Letter To PM On Education For Children Orphaned By Covid

Coronavirus: "These children are left with the trauma of loss and no support towards a stable education or future," Sonia Gandhi said in the letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi

Congress chief Sonia Gandhi has asked the government to provide free education to children whose either parents or an earning parent died due to COVID-19. Mrs Gandhi in a letter tweeted by her son and Congress MP Rahul Gandhi said such children should be allowed to study for free in the government's flagship school network - the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas. Children are amongst the worst hit by Covid trauma, many having lost their parents to the dreadful situation.Congress President makes an important suggestion to safeguard their future & provide them free education at NVs.It's high time GOI listened! pic.twitter.com/vc6MaysIVc "I feel that as a nation, we owe it to them to give them hope for a robust future after the unimaginable tragedy that has befallen them," Mrs Gandhi said in the letter signed by her and addressed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. "...News of young children losing one of both parents to COVID-19 are the most poignant. These children are left with the trauma of loss and no support towards a stable education or future," Mrs Gandhi said. Former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi conceptualised the Jawahar Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs) as an experiment in 1986 and added it to the National Policy on Education that same year. The JNVs focussed on talented children in rural areas and provided them education comparable to the best in a residential school system, the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti, which runs the JNVs, says on its website. The JNV system is today unparalleled in school education in India and elsewhere, the Samiti says.