Karnataka schools and universities will be closed until October 15 | Photo Credit: Representative Image
The Government of India issued the Unlock 5 guidelines on Wednesday. Under the new guidelines, the Karnataka government has decided that the state’s schools and universities will remain closed until October 15, 2020. This decision has been made taking into account the increasing cases of the virus in the state. The government will soon publish a new notice regarding the reopening of schools and universities, announced the Commissioner of the Bengaluru Department of Public Instruction.
Unblock 5 guidelines issued by the Ministry of the Interior, also establishes that the decision on the reopening of schools and training institutes after October 15 in a graduated manner must be taken by the states in consultation with the respective schools / administration of the institution, based on your assessment of the situation.
In addition, States or UTs should prepare their own standard operating procedures, SOP on health and safety precautions for the reopening of schools based on the SOP that will be issued by the Department of Education and School Literacy, DoSEL, Ministry of Education.
The Karnataka government a day earlier had announced that the state is in no rush to reopen schools at this time. State Education Minister S Suresh Kumar said: “We have not yet made any decisions regarding the reopening of schools in the state. The government has no plans to reopen schools at this time.” As of September 21, the teachers of the 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th grades will be present at the school to clear up the students’ doubts regarding their studies. It won’t be like regular classes. “
Furthermore, unlike many state governments that had allowed upper-class students to visit schools on a voluntary basis, the Karnataka government had prohibited students in classes 9 to 12 from visiting and pre-university schools from meeting with students. teachers amid the pandemic that was scheduled for September 21. , 2020.
