Kolkata: The West Bengal Government School Department has compiled a tentative standard operating procedure (SOP) to reopen the school for higher classes than 16 November after the celebration season and send it to the State Secretariat ‘Nabanna’ for approval, said an official said on the day Thursday.
Draft SOP said offline classes must be held in staggering ways, according to officials.
“For example, grade 9 and 10 students will not enter the school building at the same time and there will be a half-hour gap between their entries.
Similar procedures will be followed for grade 11 and 12,” he said.
The draft shows that the total tutorial duration for grade 9 and 11 will be around 5 hours while for grade 10 and 12 will be around 6 hours with a 15-minute Tiffin break, he said.
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“We have sent drafts to Nabanna.
This is just a recommendation,” the official said.
Minister of Bengal Minister Bengal Barat Mamata Banerjee on Monday said the school would be open on November 16, after a gap of about 20 months, and directed the main secretary to facilitate the process.
The school education department then said only classes from 9 to 12 will start from November 16 and decisions in other classes will be made later consider the Covid-19 situation that appears.
Meanwhile, the West Bengal Board of the President of High School Chiranjib Bhattacharya and West Bengal Bengal Council, Kalyanmoy Ganguly secondary education president held a joint press conference on November 1 to hold the 12th and 10th board examinations.
The press conference will come in the background of media reports that council checks for grade 10 and 12 can be held in March and April next year.
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