Even as the state government plans to reopen schools soon, a survey conducted by LocalCircles – a community social media platform – across more than 200 districts of the country, has revealed that 69 per cent of parents want schools to start from the next academic session in April. Compared to a similar survey that was done in September last year, the percentage of parents wanting schools to reopen from April has doubled.

LocalCircles has been conducting such surveys over the past couple of months to understand public sentiment for effective policy decisions. To a question asked in the survey – 'Given the current declining COVID-19 daily caseload, what is your position with regard to re-opening of schools in India? – about 69 per cent of parents have said that schools should start from April or after that. As per the results of a similar survey published by LocalCircles on September 30, 2020, 34 per cent of parents had said that the government should consider reopening schools from April.