Delhi-NCR schools: Conduct classes in ‘hybrid’ mode, orders CAQM after SC’s direction — Details Here
Live MintHours after the Supreme Court urged the air quality panel to consider reopening schools in Delhi-NCR citing unavailability of air purifiers and lack of mid-day meals, the Commission for Air Quality Management on Monday night ordered that all classes upto standard 12 be conducted in hybrid mode. “State Govts in the NCR shall ensure that all classes upto 12th Standard are conducted in a “Hybrid” mode i.e., both in “physical” and also in an “online”, wherever online mode is feasible in the territorial jurisdiction of the NCT of Delhi and in the districts of Gurugram, Faridabad, Ghaziabad and Gautam Buddh Nagar in the NCR," said the CAQM order. It further stated that the NCR state governments may also consider conducting classes in a hybrid mode as above in all other areas in NCR. Meanwhile, the Directorate of Education, Government of Delhi issued directions to heads of all government, government-aided, unaided recognised private schools of Directorate of Education, NDMC, MCD and Delhi Cantonment Board regarding conducting classes in hybrid mode for students of all classes with immediate effect till further orders.