With the national capital witnessing a steady decline in Covid-19 cases, many schools are set to start offline classes on Monday after 19 months. Meanwhile, some schools have decided to reopen only after Diwali. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) had announced last week that schools would resume for all classes from November 1. In this episode, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia had said that no student will be forced to attend physical classes.
DDMA guidelines for schools:
The DDMA has said that schools will have to ensure that there is no more than 50% attendance in a class at a time. The principal and teachers should ensure that the students come to the school only with the consent of the parents.
In addition, there should be a gap of at least one hour between the exit of the last group in the morning shift and the entry of the first group in the double shift schools and colleges of the evening shift.
DDMA has said that students, teachers and non-teaching staff living in Covid containment zones will not be allowed to come to schools and colleges. Also, students are not allowed to share lunch and books inside the school.
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It has also said that the area being used for activities like ration distribution and vaccination in schools should be separated from the area which will be used for educational activities.
Schools have to ensure that their teaching and non-teaching staff are vaccinated. There should also be a “quarantine room” in the school premises in case a student or teacher shows symptoms of Covid-19 inside the premises.
Let us tell you that schools in Delhi were ordered to be closed in March last year before the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of the epidemic.
While several states started partially reopening schools in October last year, the Delhi government in January allowed physical classes only for classes 9 to 12. However, during the aggressive second wave they were again closed after a rapid rise in the number of Covid-19 cases.
Following a significant improvement in the Covid-19 situation in the national capital, the Delhi government had announced the reopening of schools, colleges and coaching institutes for classes 9 to 12 from September 1. Since then government schools are reporting more than 80% attendance, while private schools are in the process of sending consent letters to parents.
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