Delhi schools reopen for all classes today, strict Covid-19 guidelines in place

Mangalore Today News Network

New Delhi, Nov 01, 2021: Schools in Delhi reopened for all classes on Monday after remaining closed for 19 months due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Students were seen streaming into Delhi schools early this morning, but not before they were thermal screened and their hands spritzed with sanitisers.

 

The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) had last week announced that schools would reopen for all classes from November 1. It also said that schools would have to ensure that there is not more than 50 per cent attendance in a class at a time.

Some schools have opted to reopen after the festive week is over. Even after reopening, teaching and learning would continue in both online and offline mode, the DDMA has said.

According to the DDMA guidelines, only 50 per cent students will be allowed in a classroom. There will be mandatory thermal screening, staggered lunch breaks, and alternate seating arrangement. Routine guest visits are to be avoided for the timebeing.The DDMA has said students, teachers and non-teaching staff living in Covid containment zones will not be allowed to come to schools and colleges. It has also said the area being used for activities like ration distribution and vaccination should be separated from the area that will be used for academic activities.

Schools in Delhi were ordered to shut last year in March ahead of a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the pandemic.

While several states started partially reopening schools in October last year, the Delhi government allowed physical classes only for classes 9-12 in January this year, which were again suspended following the exponential rise in Covid-19 cases during the aggressive second wave.

Courtesy:India Today