From the 2nd of November, schools in Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Uttarakhand reopened
Schools across India were closed from the 24th of March, when the first lockdown was announced.
While many states are still mulling over to re open schools, Andhra Pradesh, Assam and Uttarakhand started classes for higher classes.
The decision to re open schools were taken by the respective state governments, following the guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA.)
On the 30th of September, the MHA issued guidelines and allowed schools to reopen leaving the final decision on state governments.
In addition, according to the guidelines, students also are allowed to choose whether they want to attend the classes or not.
If a student wishes to go to school, parents’ written consent would be mandatory.
Rules for schools reopen in Andhra Pradesh:
- The schools would reopen in a phased manner.
- For students of 9 and 10, the schools reopened today, the 2nd of November, for classes 6 to 8, it is from November the 23rd of November and for students of class 1 to 5, the school starts from the 14th of December.
- The schools started functioning from today for classes 9 and 10, the students will attend classes on alternate days till noon.
- Each classroom is limited to only 16 students, following social distance protocols.
- The classes start from 9:15 am and will go on up to 1:45 P.M., followed by midday meals.
- In the afternoon hours, the students will be taking online classes for those students, who didn’t turn up for schools.
Schools reopen in Assam:
- Classroom teaching started from today the 2nd of November for the students of class 6 and above.
- To minimise the risk, schools will follow an odd even system.
- The education department has decided that students of classes 6, 7, 9 and 12 would have classroom teachings on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays of every week while those of classes 8, 10 and 11 would attend school on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
- The classes would start early in the morning, a proper gap between classroom timings of two groups of students would be maintained.
- Assam Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal instructed the education department to provide iron and folic acid tablets to students for boosting their immunity along with holding yoga classes and conducting regular health screenings of pupils.
Schools reopen in Uttarakhand:
- Schools reopen for Class 10 and 12 students in Uttarakhand.
- All schools need to follow the SOP issued by the State Government.
- Students have to get written permission from parents before coming to the school, and if parents do not want to send their children to school, then their online education shall be continued.
Stay tuned for further updates.
