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Haryana announces reopening of schools and colleges in phases; 50% students to attend in shifts

WION Web Team
ChandigarhUpdated: Jun 04, 2020, 02:52 PM IST
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The state will first conduct few demo classes in selected schools to test the social distancing norms, and will collect feedback from teachers, parents and students on conducting classes in shifts.

As the country shifted from lockdown 4.0 to unlock 1.0, state governments were given the freedom to decide closure and reopening of facilities on the basis of the local conditions.

Following the same, Haryana government has announced that students can head back to the schools from July, and college can reopen from August.

Haryana education minister, Kanwar Pal Gujjar, announced resuming teaching work in schools for classes 10, 11 and 12 from July, in the first phase of unlocking the economy. All colleges and universities, private or government, can reopen from August; first-year students will only commence their classes from September. However, the resumption can begin only in shifts, as only 50 per cent students will be allowed to attend the classes at a time.

“We will do it in a phased manner by starting teaching work for classes 10, 11 and 12 on July 1; for classes 6, 7, 8 and 9 after 15 days; and for the primary classes from August,” said Kanwar Pal Gujjar.

“The classes would be held in shifts so that half the students of a class come in first shift and the rest in the second shift. We are yet to decide whether it should be morning and evening shift or on alternate days”, he added.

The state will first conduct few demo classes in selected schools to test the social distancing norms, and will collect feedback from teachers, parents and students on conducting classes in shifts.

The Directorate School Education has meanwhile asked District Education Officers to form committees and take feedback on the proposed plans from the stakeholders, to avoid making frequent changes later. A detailed report is being expected by June 07.