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Pakistan's children are losing weeks of education each year to school closures caused by extreme weather linked to climate change, prompting calls for a radical rethink of learning schedules. Searing heat, toxic smog, and unusual cold snaps have all caused closures that are meant to spare children the health risks of learning in classrooms that are often overcrowded and lack basic cooling, heating or ventilation systems.
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00:00।
00:07When we are going to the house, the house is rising.
00:12We don't have to worry about school,
00:16we have to worry about load shutting,
00:19we have to be a lot of problems in the class.
00:21We have to be in the house,
00:23because we are sitting in the house.
00:25۶۶۶۶۶۶۶۶۶۶¶
00:31I will read you from this book.
00:41How many days have I been studying?
00:46My heart doesn't do that to give children to this school.
00:48Because children are also ill,
00:50and they are low,
00:53and they are warm.
00:55So by this way,
00:57we can't take risks.
00:59because of the risk,
01:01or if not,
01:03then after the month,
01:05we will not be able to send it.
01:29Go, go!
01:35Because of global warming,
01:37we see schools closing down.
01:39As you know right now,
01:41there's a reduced school time.
01:43Schools are closing at 12.
01:45They shut down sooner for the summer break.
01:47In the winter, apart from extreme cold,
01:49you have smog.
01:51And what we've seen is,
01:53not only does it affect attendance,
01:55but it also affects learning outcomes
01:57when children are in school.
01:58Because of the heat,
01:59they're not able to concentrate,
02:00they're dehydrated,
02:02they take a lot of sick time off.
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