The Union Education Ministry said on Tuesday that at least 22 states and union territories have reopened schools for all students after a prolonged shutdown due to the COVID pandemic, while more than 92 per cent of teaching staff in India Vaccinated. Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Tuesday reviewed the reopening of schools and called for restoration of normalcy in educational institutions in the wake of rapid vaccination in the county.
As per the data shared by the ministry, while more than 92 per cent of teaching staff across the country have been vaccinated, centrally-run institutions have recorded 96 per cent vaccination among their teaching staff. At least 86 percent of non-teaching staff of educational institutions have also been vaccinated.
“Reviewed the immunization progress of teaching and non-teaching personnel of schools, institutions and skill centers connected to the education and skills ecosystem.” With rapid immunization in the country, we look to the future with normalcy and vibrancy in our schools and other educational and skill institutions,” Pradhan said in a tweet.
Schools were closed across the country in March last year before the nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19. While several states began partially reopening schools for senior classes in October last year, they had to be closed again in April this year due to the aggressive second wave of COVID-19. It is only in the last four months that states have started reopening schools.
The states that have reopened schools for all classes include Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Bihar and Rajasthan. Six states and union territories, including Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Arunachal, Goa and Puducherry, have reopened schools for classes 9 to 12.
Six states and union territories, including Ladakh, Gujarat, Punjab, Nagaland and Jharkhand, have reopened schools for students of classes 6 to 12. According to ministry data, only schools in West Bengal and Manipur are yet to reopen. While West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee announced last week that schools would reopen for classes 9 to 12 from November 16, Manipur is yet to take a decision on the matter.
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