The schools in Maharashtra which were earlier closed due to the increasing Covid cases are soon reopening their doors for physical classes. The Maharashtra government announced recently that the schools in Mumbai along with schools in other cities of Maharashtra will start offline classes from Monday, 24th January onwards. The classes will start operating from class I to XII, however the attendance has not been made compulsory.

The guidelines to know about Maharashtra schools reopening 

The schools in Mumbai along with the best CBSE schools in Mumbai have to follow the given guidelines:

• The schools will operate classes from 1 to 12 in a hybrid culture, where students and parents can opt for offline or online lectures. 
• It is not compulsory for the students to attend offline classes, it depends on the parents concern and child’s willingness if they want to attend the online classes.
• The students attending offline classes need to follow all the preciations like wearing masks, maintaining social distancing at all times and avoiding overcrowding. Schools need to ensure all this and the proper sanitization of school premises.
• The teaching and non teaching staff of the school need to contribute for this reopening following the COVID-19 guidelines strictly. 
• The students who are willing to attend offline classes need to carry a copy of ‘Consent Letter’ duly signed by their parents while coming to the school. The schools have to ensure collecting these forms from them before the school reopen. The students failing to submit the Consent form will attend classes in online medium only. 
• The schools have the responsibility of disinfecting and sanitizing the school campus before reopening and also at regular intervals and at times needed. 
• The vaccination of children will be continued. The students studying in schools in the BMC area should be vaccinated.

Besides, Maharashtra and many other states are also thinking about reopening schools. While the vaccination drives for children are operating at full capacity, other states might start physical classes super soon. The best CBSE schools in Hyderabad are also demanding reopening schools for students. The Telangana Recognised School Managements’ Association (TRSMA), has criticised the holiday extension for educational institutions due to increase in Covid-19 cases, along with demand to resume offline classes from February 1.

Well, given the degrading infrastructure of education, resuming offline classes is highly imperative, however the safety and surveillance of students on campus should go hand in hand to operate offline lectures effectively. 

Find the CBSE Schools in Chandigarh here. 

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Delhi government recently announced that the schools in the National Capital Territory are going to open for students of classes Nursery to 8th from 1st November 2021, Monday onwards. Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia made Delhi schools reopening notice public with a tweet on 27th October 2021, The tweet said, 

“All the schools and educational institutes shall be allowed to be opened, for all the classes, in Delhi from 1st Nov. However, schools shall also continue online classes for the students who are not willing to attend classes offline.”

Schools all over India have been closed for the last 19 months due to the coronavirus pandemic. And now when everything has started to take back its pace, schools in the national capital are ready to join the forces. With 1 billion-plus vaccination doses done and Covid-19 infections witnessing a constant decline from June, things seem to be under control after the disastrous second wave. However, this does not mean that we are all safe from Covid19 infections. Precautions are still mandatory to ensure we remain safe. 

Coming back to the Delhi schools reopening, here are a few highlights of the announcement Manish Sisodia made at a press conference after a Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) meeting:

• The classes from Nursery to 8th standard will commence for all the schools in Delhi from 1st November onwards. Until now, just the classes 9th to 12th were operating in a hybrid mode.
• The schools will open with 50 percent student strength and classes will be continued in a composite manner. 
• No student will be forced or mandated to attend the classes offline, and therefore both online and offline classes will keep going together. 
• It was also announced that the staff involved in school operations in any form need to be fully vaccinated as soon as possible.
• The school staff and children were requested to follow all the Covid related measures, protocols and wear masks. 

The DDMA met recently in the national capital for reviewing Delhi’s COVID-19 grip, where the city health secretary suggested making vaccination mandatory to get entry in malls and metro besides other precautionary measures. It was added that the Covid situation is under control in Delhi but we all need to remain vigilant. 

The decision of the Delhi government has received a mixed response from people consisting of several criticisms and appreciations. Few of them are positive about the thought of bringing little minds back to school but few are again worried about putting them under the risk of infections and finding opening schools at the peak of festivals vague and pointless. 

The decision of Delhi schools reopening with 50 percent strength, in a hybrid mode and by taking all precautionary measures is a well-thought decision. But it can be proved only by the management of schools in cooperation with parents to ensure this is followed strictly. Before the schools reopen parents, schools and children need to be prepared, this blog might help you with the same: https://www.edustoke.com/blog/how-can-schools-reopen-safely/.

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