Mumbai: Vaccination of STD 12 and 10 students is likely to increase with the State Education Council which seeks to detect how many have been vaccinated in schools and junior colleges.
With the written exam for HSC and SSC starting from March, the State Education Council has asked Junior Schools and Colleges to accelerate vaccination of students.
Inoculation of citizens in category 15-17 years starts from January 3 but have not taken.
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Because two covaxin doses can be given a separate four to six weeks, students can be fully vaccinated before the exam starts.
“We will vaccinate our STD students on Monday.
Hopefully, they will be fully vaccinated when they write their papers in mid-March,” said the principal in Kandivli.
Junior Higher Education, especially, has been told to take steps on vaccination students who will write their exams from March 3.
“HSC students must try and are fully vaccinated in February,” said an education officer.
HSC students will start towards college for their Council practical and Orals from February 14.
The college has been told to follow all Covid protocols when students are on campus.
Details of vaccinated students must be immediately distributed with the State Education Council.
The BMC health department has begun to approach schools and colleges to vaccinate students.
Vivek College in Goregaon has recently vaccinated 822 students who qualified.
St Arnold’s High School and Junior College in Andheri (east) launched a vaccination drive on Friday and hoped to get all students who met the requirements of vaccinated.