On Wednesday, the first day of the hybrid learning for students up to grade 5, many private schools conducted their classes online. However, the transition was not as smooth in the Delhi government-run schools, where a large number of students lack access to smartphones, said the principals.

A day earlier, the Directorate of Education (DoE) issued a circular directing schools to conduct classes till Class 5 in hybrid mode (physical or online mode, which feasible), following the enforcement of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) Stage III by the Commission for Air Quality Management in the NCR and Adjoining Areas (CAQM) after the air quality dipped to the ‘severe’ category for the first time this winter.

Sudha Acharya, principal of ITL Public School in Dwarka, said, “We have given st

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