Very few back to classes VI to VIII

The reopening of schools for classes VI to VIII saw a very poor response with just 9% of students turning up on the first day. However, officials expect the number to go up gradually. As per the figures available with the Department of School Education on the 18,030 schools that run classes VI to VIII with 13,11,772 sanctioned strength, only 1,17,304 students attended. These include all the government and local body schools, model schools, KGBVs, TREIS and private schools. Even in private schools, the attendance was abysmally low. Out of the 7,07,064 students in private schools, only 71,453 attended.