Thiruvananthapuram: Minister of Health Kerala Veena George and the Minister of Public Education V Sivankutty on Tuesday handed the guidelines to Pinarayi Vijayan’s minister regarding the reopening of the school from November 1 in Kerala in the middle of Covid-19.
The new guideline was issued stated that the school would be reopened in hybrid mode.
Today’s online class will continue for children who cannot reach school directly.
Guidelines state that in the first phase, children in each class will be divided into batches to limit the number of children in the class.
However, the guideline states that the batch adjustment is not mandatory in school with less students.
Children in particular should not come to school in the first phase, according to the guidelines.
All teaching and non-teaching staff must be vaccinated with two doses against Covid-19, the manual said.
Helpline school level must be set, according to the guideline.
Detailed guidelines about academic activities will be issued later.
School staff meetings, PTA meetings and various meetings at various levels including meetings led by district collectors to be held in this case.
All teachers are required to go to school on weekdays.
Schools must save registers of medical examinations and prepare sick rooms for children with symptoms.
Meanwhile, Kerala on Tuesday reported 9,735 cases of Covid-19 newly taking the total active case to 1,24441 in the state.
According to the office of the Minister of Health, 151 people died because Covid-19 for the last 24 hours took the total death toll be 25,677 in the state.
13,878 people recovered from a virus sample and 93,202 were tested for the virus for the past 24 hours.
As many as 3,60,57,645 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been given in the state.
Meanwhile, India recorded a total of 18,346 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours with 263 deaths.