The primary schools were shut down on March 16, 2020. The State Government granted permission to reopen the schools from December 1. However, Astik Kumar Pandey had announced that the decision about the school reopening would be taken after December 10 considering the Omicron threat.
He had said that the spread of Omicron would be observed five more days and then the decision would be taken about the schools.
The AMC has 71 schools in the city while there are 875 private schools. The administration on Monday took the decision to reopen the schools on December 20. Education officer of AMC Ramnath Thore said that Civic Body run and private schools would be given instructions.
The students and parents were keen on restarting schools. The students from city schools were taking online education. With this announcement, students will be able to attend offline classes.
