Most schools in the national capital reopened for classes 9 to 12 on Monday after a prolonged shutdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, while some private schools are still on modalities such as parental consent and transport availability. were working.
Amid the declining number of COVID-19 cases in the city, the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Friday reopened schools as well as higher education institutions and coaching centers for classes 9-12 from February 7. had decided. Schools from February 14 for students from Nursery to Class 8.
Children were seen wearing masks on their return to school. In a private school, students’ bags were being sanitized as part of precautionary measures against COVID-19. Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal took to Twitter to share some pictures of welcoming children in various schools.
“Glad to see the kids in school again. They were disappointed too. I pray that schools do not need to be closed again,” he tweeted in Hindi. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia also visited some schools and interacted with the students.
“Delhi schools are finally open now. Vaibhav is back again with the return of the kids,” he said in a tweet. Some private schools did not open on Monday.
“We have to reopen now because there are so many modalities. Board classes are close to their exams, so attendance is going to be low. Also, it is difficult to provide transportation for students, so we are still waiting for details.” We are working on a plan in two days,” said the vice principal of a top private school. The third wave of COVID-19 driven by Omicron edition before city schools were shut down again on December 28 last year was closed again in view of .
While the Center has removed mandatory parental consent for students to physically attend schools from its guidelines and left it to the states, the Delhi government has decided to continue with it. There is no cap on 50 per cent student strength and schools are free to decide the number of students based on their infrastructure so as to adhere to the COVID-19 protocols.
Colleges are set to reopen from Monday with the DDMA deciding against online classes and higher education in the national capital now going completely offline. Delhi government-run Guru Gobind Singh Indraprastha University and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) have resumed offline classes from Monday, while Delhi University continues with online classes.
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