Delhi govt, private schools to remain closed until next order
India | October 28, 2020 12:25 ISTAll government and private schools in the national capital will remain closed until next order, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said today.
All government and private schools in the national capital will remain closed until next order, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said today.
The Uttarakhand government has confirmed a total of 3,791 senior secondary schools in the state are set to reopen from November 2. The order also stated the schools will reopen for standard 10th and 12th and students will only be allowed to attend classes after written permission from parents.
With schools set to reopen in Uttarakhand for classes X and XII on November 1 after a gap of more than seven months, most parents are feeling insecure as COVID-19 cases are still rising in the state.
Punjab Government has decided to reopen schools, however the date of reopening will be announced after the Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) receive approval from the State Health Department, said Punjab Education Minister Vijay Inder Singla.
The Punjab government said on Monday that a decision had been taken to reopen schools and coaching institutions from October 15 in a graded manner.
Schools in Puducherry have resumed the Classes for 10 and 12 students, but only on a trial basis, Chief Minister of Puducherry V Narayanasamy said on Thursday.
While students of classes 9 and 11 will have classes on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, those studying in class 10 and 12 will have it on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays in a week.
According to the guidelines issued by MHA, for the re-opening of schools and coaching institutions, State and Union Territory (UT) Governments have been given the flexibility to take a decision after October 15, 2020, in a graded manner.
Delhi government has announced the second phase of the online admission process for the students of classes 6 to 9 and 11 under 'non-plan admission' on Friday.
As the country is under Unlock phase 4, the Haryana government has allowed reopening of universities and colleges amid coronavirus outbreak to enable the students to seek guidance from their teachers.
Bihar government has decided to reopen schools, which were closed for over 6 months, from September 28. According to the state government, students of classes 9-12 will have to come to school for two days a week.
The Karnataka Primary and Secondary Education Department has directed all schools across the southern state not to reopen till September 30 due to the rising number of the coronavirus cases across Karnataka, especially in Bengaluru.
As schools for classes 9 to 12 reopened after a gap of over six months due to the coronavirus pandemic, only a few students turned up to attend special classes in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday, the union territory administration said.
School students from classes 9 to 12 will have the choice to attend classes in person or online in Andhra Pradesh once they reopen, as the state government has allowed the reopening of schools from Monday (September 21).
The Tamil Nadu government on Saturday ruled out shift-based classes in schools once they reopen across the state.
Tamil Nadu has reduced about 40 per cent of the syllabus for school students for the academic year 2020-2021, based on an expert committee's recommendation in the backdrop of the coronavirus pandemic, School Education Minister K A Sengottaiyan said on Friday.
The Himachal Pradesh government has decided to reopen schools from Classes 9 to 12 from Monday (September 21).
In view of the coronavirus outbreak, the SOPs will have to be followed by the schools when they partially reopen from Monday to allow the students to consult their teachers.
Schools in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed this month. Deputy Chief Minister Dinesh Sharma on Wednesday has said that chances of the partial reopening of schools from September 21 were "very bleak" due to the rising number of coronavirus cases in the state.
Taking in view that schools continued to remain closed due to pandemic, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday released an alternative academic calendar for secondary classes for the next eight weeks (two months).
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