New Delhi: The central government on Thursday proposed the reopening of schools to states and Union territories with strict adherence to its updated guidelines on the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease.
The Union education ministry said states can decide whether schools are required to take consent of students’ parents for attending physical classes, while group activities would have to be done following standard operating procedures (SOPs)
The ministry issued revised guidelines fo r health and safety protocols for reopening of the schools with social distancing in place.
“State and UT governments may decide at their level whether their schools are required to take the consent of the parents of the students attending the physical classes,” the guidelines mentioned. Earlier, parental consent was mandatory for children to attend school.
The revised guidelines also focused on smooth transition from online to classroom learning through bridge courses, focusing on students who need extra interventions and to implement remedial programmes. The states and union territories have been asked to include these modified guidelines in the existing school standard operating procedures (SoPs) at the time of reopening their schools.
As Covid cases continue to decline, schools, colleges in several states including Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Telangana were started reopening from February 1, while in West Bengal, the schools, colleges were reopened from February 3.
The schools, colleges in Uttar Pradesh will reopen from February 6, while the decision on schools reopening in Delhi will be taken by DDMA on Friday, February 4.
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