The writer is an educator, teacher reformer with 20 years of experience in the education realm in Pakistan and Canada education.Why have I chosen to talk about private schools? Because the impact of COVID-19 and the global modus operandi on back to school along with our government decisions, pushes private schools, their parents and students (which number around 30 million or more) in a paradoxical situation. Sustainability with safety or continuum amid financial crisis -areas which desperately need attention in our education system. She believes that ‘a teacher is a student forever’. She tweets @teachersbloc