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Assam | Schools reopening

Assam govt orders reopening of schools for Classes 1-8 and Classes 11 from Oct 19

| @indiablooms | Sep 29, 2021, at 03:49 am

Guwahati/IBNS: The Assam government on Tuesday has ordered to re-open physical classes for Class 1 to 8 and Class 11 from Oct 19.

The physical classes of Class 9, all Degree and Postgraduate classes, all classes in Technical institutions/Universities, B.Ed. Colleges both Govt. and private in the state will resume from Oct 1.

The state government on Tuesday issued a separate Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for resuming the physical classes and the classes will be held by following proper COVID-19 guidelines and protocols.

In an order issued by the Education department of the Assam government said that, the classes will be held for three days in a week for all the classes from Class I to Class VIII.

The order also said that: “The re-opening of physical classes in Educational Institutions (both Govt. and private) is based on the criteria that COVID-19 positivity rate is below 2 % in the districts and in case in any district, the positivity rate goes above 2% on a particular day, the Deputy Commissioner of the concerned district, as Chairman of the DDMA in consultation with MD, NHM, will close the Educational Institutions till positivity rate goes below 2%.”

The state government directed all schools, educational institutions to continue to provide quality virtual option/online classes in addition to physical classes.

“There should not be more than 30 students in a section and head of the institution will assess the required number of sections and open more sections accordingly if required and there will be no cultural function, meetings etc until further orders,” said in the order.

Earlier, the state government had resumed physical classes of Class 10, Class 12, final year classes of graduation and post-graduation by following COVID-19 protocols.

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