As the situations of Coronavirus decline in the nation, a variety of state governments have currently permitted the opening of schools or are mulling more than the selection. All schools and colleges across the nation have been brought to a sudden closure in March 2020 when the central government had imposed the total national lockdown in the nation due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The closure of the schools not only impacted the final board examinations and semester examinations of the earlier session but also washed out the key portion of the new academic session. With the steady decline registered in key components of the nation, the state governments are gradually re-opening the schools with the hope that the syllabus of the present session gets completed in time just before the exams.
While some states like Bihar, Odisha and Karnataka have currently resumed the classes in the schools, lots of states are anticipated to let the schools to re-open in the coming days in a graded manner. The central government had in its ‘Unlock Guidelines’ issued to states had permitted the state governments to go ahead with opening the schools right after taking into account the Covid-19 scenario in their respective states in October. Here is the list of states which are anticipated to re-open the schools in the ongoing month.
Gujarat
The state of Gujarat which was a single of the worst impacted states of Coronavirus in its very first wave has currently decided to re-open the classes 10th and class 12th students from January 10. In a comparable vein, the Rupani government has also decided that the classes will be resumed for the final year students of each Postgraduate as nicely as Undergraduate courses in the state. The state government also talked about that the Standard Operating Procedure should be adhered to by students as nicely as educational institutions.
Rajasthan
The government in Rajasthan, in view of the falling quantity of situations in the state, has decided to re-open all schools, universities, coaching centers from January 18. All medicine-associated educational institutions nonetheless can be opened from January 11, as per the directive issued by the state government. The state government preponed the opening of nursing colleges, dental colleges and health-related colleges in order to expedite the course of action of vaccination in the state.
Karnataka
The state government has decided to resume the classes for very first and second year college students from January 14. The classes for class 10th students and final year students of college programmes have currently been resumed in the state.
Maharashtra
Taking a cautious strategy in view of the Coronavirus spread in the state, the government has stated that the selection on resuming the colleges will be taken on January 20. However, the government is thinking about the re-opening of colleges at 50 % capacity only. The schools have currently been opened in some components of Maharashtra considering that November 23.