According to the details released by the School Education Department, out of a total of 55.11 lakh students from class 1 to class 10 in 38,307 schools across the state, only 17.8 lakh students attended physical classes on Tuesday.
Although the daily attendance report released by the department mentioned that 37,590 schools out of a total of 38,307 reopened on Tuesday, private budget school members said the number is far from reality as hardly 40% of these Schools reopened on Tuesday. “Quite school managements have not resumed offline classes today as it is not an auspicious day. Around 80% of the budget schools can reopen tomorrow and the rest, especially the hostels, are planning to reopen from February 7,” said Y Shekhar Rao, president of Telangana Recognized School Management Association (TRSMA).
The presence of symptoms related to COVID among students and teachers is another major reason why many have not resumed physical classes.
“Around 30% of teachers and many students or their family members are suffering from COVID-19. So, we did not want to start offline classes immediately. We may reopen next Monday,” said S Narasimha Reddy, principal, Hyderabad Public School, Ramanthapur.
Telangana Private Teachers Forum (TPTF) state vice-president B Siva Raj said, “When we called up the parents to find out whether they were going to send their children to offline classes or not, many people said that their children are suffering from cold. and other covid related symptoms and that they prefer online mode.” However, he alleged that many managements are planning to run the rest of the academic year in online mode to save salary and other expenses. Huh.
Meanwhile, some schools have started physical classes only for classes 9-12.
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