Agartala Jan 30 PTI Tripura Education Minister Ratan Lal Nath on Sunday said all educational institutions in the state including schools colleges and universities would open from Monday He said this decision was taken by the state government in consultation with the directors of the state health and education departments to compensate for the learning losses and mental wellness of the students The educational institutions which would open on Monday includes schools from pre-primary to higher secondary schools colleges and universities As the schools were closed most of the time of the last two years the students could not meet their friends and they also suffered learning losses he said The UNICEF recently observed that keeping schools closed is way higher than dangers of keeping them open The World Bank has also cautioned that the students had suffered a lot and mental health of students had broken down Nath told reporters adding that examinations would be held as per schedule The minister said many educationists and guardians also asked the state government to open educational institutions However he said that appropriate COVID-19 behaviour would be maintained in all educational institutions The state government had closed schools from January 15 till January 30 following the spike in COVID-19 cases PTI JOY RG RG

Agartala Dec 22 PTI Mathematics educator Anand Kumar on Wednesday said that there was a growing need to make mathematics teaching and learning a nationwide movement to prepare youth for global standards so that they could compete with the best Speaking at the Ramanujan Amrit Bharat Ganit Yatra in Tripura Kumar who is also the founder of Super 30 said that there was no dearth of talent especially in the field of mathematics in the country but what was required was to give them a platform to nurture and excel at higher level This requires the government to create a movement for this down to the district and block level by identifying talented teachers honouring them and encouraging them to form mathematics clubs They should identify talented students and groom them for national and international mathematical olympiads which are the launching pad for mathematical geniuses who go on to become winners of Nobel and field awards he added Kumar said that developing students in mathematics needed to start at the school level immediately from class 6 A thousand mile journey begins with the first step We have to strengthen our school teaching in mathematics and gradually scale it up he said Ramanujan did it on his own He was self-made But nowadays many students show tremendous talent at the junior school level but fail to blossom due to lack of proper grooming On this day I will urge the Union Education ministry to create a movement for mathematics by encouraging formation of mathematical clubs at the state level he added The mathematics educator met Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb in Agartala on Tuesday PTI JOY RG RG