The Maharashtra government on Friday announced that schools across the state will resume from October 4 and places of worship will reopen...
The Maharashtra government on Friday announced that schools across the state will resume from October 4 and places of worship will reopen from October 7.
Schools will be allowed to start physical classes for standards 5 to 12 in rural areas and the remaining places in the state can open the institutes for Classes 8 to 12.
Government and private schools across all educational boards will be allowed to reopen as per the new rules, The Indian Express reported. Residential, kindergarten and pre-schools will not be allowed to reopen.
From August 17, the state government had allowed schools to resume in areas where the prevalance of Covid-19 was low. But the government had not specified a threshold below which coronavirus cases would be considered as “low”.
However, it empowered municipal authorities and district collectors to take a decision for urban and rural areas.
From October 4, schools in all parts of the state will be allowed to reopen.
The state’s School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said that there will be no compulsion on students to attend physical classes, PTI reported. “Consent of parents will be necessary if they want to attend,” she said.
Based on detailed deliberations with the paediatric task force, all stakeholders & guidance of @CMOMaharashtra,SOPs for school reopenings have been further strengthened. Schools can restart physical classes for...
