'Classes 9-12 to function on all working days': Madhya Pradesh CM Shivraj Chouhan
Hindustan TimesMadhya Pradesh chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan on Friday announced a revised work schedule for students in classes 9-12, who, he said will now go to school on all working days, instead of the earlier arrangement of two days a week. The decision was taken at a meeting between Chouhan, state education minister Inder Singh Parmar, and senior officials to review functioning of schools after the resumption of physical classes in late July and first week of August. Schools in Madhya Pradesh reopened for classes 11 and 12 on July 26, while on-campus lectures for students in standards 9 and 10 resumed from August 5. Madhya Pradesh’s cumulative Covid-19 infection tally has risen to 792,136 with 16 fresh cases on the day, while the total toll is unchanged at 10,516, according to a health department bulletin.