raipur the chhattisgarh government has said schools in the state will continue to remain closed till further orders in view of the covid19 pandemic a move welcomed by many parentsas per the centres guidelines state governments can take decision about reopening of schools after october 15however the chhattisgarh cabinet on thursday decided that in view of the pandemic situation in the state schools will continue to remain shuthailing the move chhattisgarh parents association cpa a statelevel body has demanded that the central and state governments declare this academic session as zero year for students till class 8 and promote them to the next classsafety of children is the priority of every parent and sending them to school in the present peak situation of the virus outbreak will put their life at risk cpa president kristopher paul told ptithe government should declare the 202021 academic session as zero year for classes from nursery till 8 and promote the students to the next class said paul whose son is in class 6 in a private school in rajnandgaon townhe said students of classes 9 to 12 should be given assignments and projects for their final evaluation but schools should also not be opened for them till the covid19 situation is under controlechoing similar views pradip dongre a subengineer with the irrigation department in dantewada said the current situation is not conducive for physical classeswhy would parents like to allow their children to go out and expose themselves to the virus it would be difficult for a school to identify which childs family members are infected by covid19 he saiddongre said his son and daughter who are in class 8 and 12 respectively are comfortable with online classestill saturday the state reported 140258 covid19 cases and of these over 80000 cases were detected in the last one monththough parents remain concerned students of senior classes are disappointed with prolonged closure of schools as they are finding it difficult to understand topics clearly online due to internet connectivity issuesshatabdi rai a class 11 student of career public school in korba said online classes have changed the style of learningit is hard to understand topics clearly and get our doubts resolved online poor network is also an issue online classes cannot match normal classroom learning she saidannu dubey a class 12 student of maitri vidya niketan school at bhilai durg district said she not only misses seeing her friends but also school sportsi miss my friends and being in school as it is my last year of school education we are becoming used to virtual classes but they are not good as they create confusion a lot of times everyone starts asking questions together or sometimes internet connectivity gets disrupted she saidin the wake of the pandemic many government and private schools in the state have undertaken online classes to continue with the academic sessionthe state governments online academic portal called padhai tuhar duar learning at your doorstep has proved beneficial for students and is