"Impact on school and college going students
... [T]he nationwide closures of schools and colleges have negatively impacted over 91% of the world's student population. The home confinement of children and adolescents... is attributable to disruption in their education, physical activities and opportunities for socialization. Absence of structured setting of the school for a long duration result in disruption in routine, boredom and lack of innovative ideas for engaging in various academic and extracurricular activities. Some children... have become more clingy, attention seeking and more dependent on their parents due to the long term shift in their routine ...
... [D]uring lockdown when schools, when legal and preventative services do not functioning [sic] fully, children are rarely in a position to report violence, abuse and harm if they themselves have abusive homes...
Impact on children and adolescents having special needs
... With the closure of special schools and day care centres... [special needs] children lack access to resource material, peer group interactions and opportunities of learning and developing important social and behavioural skills in due time may lead to regression to the past behavior as they lose anchor in life, as a result of this their symptoms could relapse ...
Impact of lockdown on underprivileged children
... An increasing number of poor and street children now have no source of income, making them a high risk population to face abuse and mental health issues with greater vulnerability and exposure to unfavorable economic, social and environmental circumstances.
A home represents a source of security and safety in most families. However, for the poor and the underprivileged it is just the opposite. With the restriction of movement due to lockdown, these children have increased risk of being exploited and become victims of violence and abuse ..."
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