Mumbai: Schools can open from Monday in rural and urban areas of the state. School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad said that the proposal to start the school has been sent by the School Education Department to the state Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for approval. The final decision regarding starting the school will be taken in the cabinet meeting to be held on Thursday.
Various organizations, institutions, students and parents working in the field of education are demanding to start schools in those places where there is no outbreak of corona. Taking cognizance of this demand, in the proposal submitted by the Education Department to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, it has been said that the District Officer and Municipal Commissioner should be given the right to start the school after reviewing it.
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The resolution also recommends that school-college students between 15 and 18 years of age should be vaccinated in school, stressing the need for school vaccinations, and that local administrations should vaccinate those teachers and non-teaching staff. Those who have not yet taken the second dose of the vaccine should take immediate action. Schools were closed from 3 January due to the Omicron variant of Corona. However due to the limitations of online education, students from rural areas of the state are facing educational loss. Therefore, the Education Department has proposed to start the school from Monday, giving priority to the health and safety of the students.
Will schools open in Mumbai too?
BMC commissioner Iqbal Chahal said that there are plans to start schools in Mumbai from January 27. The number of corona patients in Mumbai has been decreasing for the last few days. So BMC is planning to start the school again. Chahal said that no decision has been taken yet.
Minister Aaditya Thackeray gave indications
In a review meeting this morning with @mybmc and experts of State Task Force for covid, we reviewed the vaccination status for 15-18 yr olds, along with our preparedness for safe re-opening of educational institutes at the earliest possible,now that cases are steadily declining.
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) January 19, 2022
Schools can start soon in Mumbai too. This has been indicated by Aaditya Thackeray, the foster minister of the suburb himself. He tweeted that in a review meeting this morning with experts from BMC and state task force, we reviewed the vaccination status for 15-18 year olds, as well as educational institutions at the earliest in view of the decreasing cases of COVID. We also discussed about our preparation to open the institutions safely.