@article {article789, title = {Preparing students for life after Covid}, author = {T Jacob John,Dhanya Dharmapalan }, journal = {Foundation of The Billion Press}, date = 2020-09-27, year = 2020, url = https://www.thebillionpress.org/columns/covid-19/preparing-students-life-after-covid-789, Abstract = {Covid has altered everybody's life, but the closure of schools has meant the impact on the very young could be long-lasting and difficult to predict. Direct effects range from insecurity, isolation from peers and depression to malnutrition from missing out on midday meals for the poor and obesity due to lack of activity for the affluent.} }