During the meeting of Educational department and district administration, District Collector Sunil Chavan granted permission today to reopen the schools from first to seventh standards in the city from 1st Dec. In this regard, guidelines have also been issued by the department.
All schools from first to seventh standard and from first to fourth standard in the city and rural areas respectively, shall be reopened in the district. The number of such primary schools in the district is 2,000. The schools will reopen after almost one and half year and the responsibility has increased even more on parents and teachers due to the pandemic threat.
There was confusion among students, parents and school heads over reopening the schools, given the fear of Omicron. It may be noted there were rumors over the reimposition of Covid restrictions in the State due to fear of the new Omicron variant.
AMC Education Officer Thore said - “There are 950 schools in the city, Permission to restart schools in the city has been sought from AMC administrator. The schools will be informed about the commencement of the classes once the decision is taken,” he added.
During the meeting, In-charge of Primary Education said that in order to fill that gap, actual learning needs to begin. “Schools should strictly follow the guidelines without the fear of Omicron. The district collector has granted permission to restart the schools. Schools that will get further details on Tuesday should gear up to reopen the classes on Wednesday,” he added.
A small meeting is yet to be held tomorrow before the final decision.
