Schools reopen in Noida, Ghaziabad, several other cities in India- see pics
States which had started physical classes in schools after a gap of a year were again forced to order closure due to the second wave of coronavirus in March-April this year.
New Delhi: Uttar Pradesh and Andhra Pradesh on Monday joined the states where schools have cautiously restarted physical lessons after the ebbing of COVID-19 cases, while in Uttarakhand and Bihar, students of more classes returned to the offline mode.
Students were checked with a thermal scanner before they entered the school
Schools for classes 9 to 12 will be allowed to reopen in Rajasthan from September 1
Only 50 per cent attendance is allowed as per guidelines
Noida, Ghaziabad schools reopened on Monday (August 16)
The Cathedral Senior Secondary School in Lucknow said about 100 students attended classes on Monday.
Many parents are not happy with the decision to restart physical school during the pandemic
Online classes continue simultaneously with offline classed
According to the UP government order issued earlier this month, physical classes at higher education institutes will resume from September 1. Schools in Bihar reopened for Classes 1 to 8, while offline classes for students from classes 9 to 12 had resumed early this month.
Andhra Pradesh has allowed resumption of offline classes from August 16. Most schools across Uttarakhand began physical classes on Monday for students of Classes 6 to 8 after opening earlier this month for the higher classes.
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Colleges and schools were shut in the state after the second wave of coronavirus began in March this year
The Karnataka government has decided to reopen schools for students from class 9 to 12 from August 23, Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai had said. The Delhi government has allowed students of classes 10 to 12 to visit schools for work related to admission and practical activities for the board exams, and also said that health checkup camps situated on school campuses can resume.
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