Students’ attendance drops with rising cold

Gaighat, Jan 10 : With the onset of cold wave, the number of students attending schools has dropped significantly in Udaypur district.    

The students, especially of basic level, are not turning up schools regularly after the temperature declined in recent days.    

Both the community and private schools from Triyuga, Chaudandi and Katari municipalities are witnessing less number of students in the class, according to Dewan Rai, a teacher at Jogidaha Janata Secondary School, Triyuga-1.    

Similarly, a teacher at the Peace Zone School of Triyuga-11, Bhupendra Thapa, informed that only 25 percent of the schoolchildren up to Grade 4 were present in the class for some days. The cold wave has affected people’s movement for four days in the district.    

Babu Narayan Chaudhari, a teacher at Janata Secondary School of Handiya, Chaudandigadhi-9, shared similar plight that biting cold was affecting the school attendance.    
Even the guardians do not want their children brave cold at schools.

The cold wave and fog has adversely impacted public life.    
Those suffering from cold are also the elderly ones and sick people.  (RSS)