Reopening schools: Maharashtra to take call after Diwali; Delhi, Karnataka decide against it for now
FirstpostAccording to the latest unlock guidelines, schools, colleges outside containment zones can reopen after 15 October. The final decision on reopening the institutions has been left with the states New Delhi: While the Central government has given a go-ahead for the graded reopening of schools from 15 October, many states including Delhi, Karnataka, and Chhattisgarh have decided against it while others such as Haryana and Meghalaya are still unsure and are assessing the situation in view of the rising number of COVID-19 cases. The Uttar Pradesh government has announced that schools outside containment zones will reopen from 19 October for students of classes 9 to 12. According to Education Minister Lahkmen Rymbui, the state government has decided that upper primary schools will be reopened only for clearing studies-related doubts of students of classes 6, 7, and 8, as is being done for the secondary and higher secondary school students from 15 October. While the Haryana government is contemplating reopening schools for classes 6 to 9 to enable the students to take guidance from teachers, no final decision has been taken yet.