Schools, colleges reopen in five states as Covid-19 cases drop | Details here
In several states and UTs in India, physical classes at many educational institutes resume from today.
With a dip in the number of daily Covid-19 cases, the state government relaxed some of its strict Covid-19 guidelines. Amid this, educational institutes will be reopening in several states from today.
As per the report by the Hindustan Times (HT), the centre decided to reopen schools and colleges and also issued a guideline on how to do so.
Factors such as sanitisation of the campuses, physical distancing and scanning for symptoms of students who stay in hostels will be done.
The report also revealed that if the parents allow them, the students can continue to study from home.
List of states where schools, colleges will reopen from today
Delhi
The state government decided to resume offline classes for students in senior standards by reopening the schools for Classes 9 to 12 from today, February 7. The schools will reopen in a phased manner for these students, keeping in mind all the Covid-19 precautions.
Delhi: Sisodia interacts with students as schools reopen for classes 9 to 12
Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/sfLlC5hQIu#DelhiSchool #schoolreopen pic.twitter.com/id07xetV5X — ANI Digital (@ani_digital) February 7, 2022
Uttar Pradesh
In Uttar Pradesh, the schools and colleges started today, with a decrease in daily Covid-19 cases. The schools are only reopening for Classes 9 to 12, and online classes will continue for the rest of the students till further notice.
Bihar
The state government recently announced that the schools for classes above 9 and for classes 8 and below will be reopened but with half the attendance.
Kerala
The educational institutes in Kerala are reopening from today, i.e. February 7. Schools have resumed for students from classes 9 to 12. Meanwhile, the schools for junior classes will reopen from February 14.
Odisha
The state government has decided to resume schools from today for the students of classes 8 and above. The primary and junior school students up to class 7 will be allowed to attend offline classes from February 14.
Gujarat
The schools for classes 1 to 9 have reopened from today. All of those who choose to attend online classes can do so.
Schools reopen in Gujarat for classes 1 to 9
Read @ANI Story | https://t.co/8uu9QmBfvZ#schoolreopen #GujaratSchool pic.twitter.com/KEcIzOmglK — ANI Digital (@ani_digital) February 7, 2022
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