Since the onset of the COVID19 pandemic, schools and colleges have shifted to online mode of education. And left with little option, children are forced to stay hooked to online classes for hours every single day.
In this backdrop, a video of a six-year-old child from Jammu and Kashmir has gone viral on social media, in which the little one complains to Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the long hours of online classes and the amount of work small kids like her get assigned by the teachers.
In the viral video, the girl innocently shares her troubles as she says, “Greeting Modi Saab (PM Modi), I am six-year-old and I am telling about the Zoom classes. Why the kids who are just six-year-old are burdened by their teachers with so much homework? When I wake up my classes take place from 10 am to 2 pm. One is English, one is Maths, one is Urdu, then EVS, and then Computer.” She further adds that this kind of homework should be for
the grown-up ones, not her.
#WATCH | This Kid’s Unique Social Media Petition To The PM Is Breaking The Internet
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The video has won the hearts of netizens, bringing a smile to everyone’s face amid the gloom and doom of the pandemic. Here are some of the reactions.
The kid though makes a very valid point…. we want to over educate our kids and too soon. We literally have robbed them of their childhood. Kudos kiddo, your innocence can melt any heart !!
— anil sharma (@aniljkas) May 30, 2021
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu & Kashmir Manoj Sinha also reacted to the video that now has over 450k views, and wrote on Twitter, “Very adorable complaint. Have directed the school education department to come out with a policy within 48 hours to lighten burden of homework on school kids. Childhood innocence is gift of God and their days should be lively, full of joy and bliss.”
Very adorable complaint. Have directed the school education department to come out with a policy within 48 hours to lighten burden of homework on school kids. Childhood innocence is gift of God and their days should be lively, full of joy and bliss. https://t.co/8H6rWEGlDa
— Office of LG J&K (@OfficeOfLGJandK) May 31, 2021
Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir government on Sunday allowed partial relaxation in some public activities. However, in view of the coronavirus situation in the state, the lockdown has been extended till June 15.