Bengaluru: The state government on Friday announced that schools will be reopened from August 23 only for grade 9 to 12 standards in Karnataka.
However, students will be divided into two batches and classes will be held on alternative days of the week.
But exercise be careful of increasing cases in Kerala and Maharashtra, the government has also clamped in the Border District of the two countries with this weekend hours and tightened at night at all states between 9pm and 5 in the morning.
In his first official meeting with experts and state officials, Chief Minister Bumavaraj Bommai held a detailed discussion on issues relating to the reopening of the school and the best way to overcome the increasing cases in neighboring countries Kerala and Maharashtra.
Giving media direction to the decision taken by the government after the meeting, CM BOMMAI said it took advice from education and health experts, it was decided that the school would be reopened from August 23 for secondary and puck school students.
“However, even in this case, the government will publish strict guidelines and have a limited class for students only on alternative days with a 50 percent presence.
Schools and colleges must divide students into two batches and take classes every day,” said Bommai.
Effectively, at 60 batch students per class, schools and colleges must conduct classes for 30 students on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while 30 more days will be given schools on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
“So schools will be open to every student for three days,” he said.
At the other end, in the entire class, CM Bommai said experts had suggested the waiting and watching approach above the third wave of Covid-19 should be.
“At the end of the month, we are scheduled to have another round of meetings with experts from education and health for discussions about schools for grade 1 to 8.
Offline schools for these classes will depend on whether the country faces the third wave of Covid-19 or not, “CM said.
According to the government’s source present at the meeting, the state has made it a priority to identify parents who have not taken vaccines or delay the second dose.
“We have given directions to workers and health officials to identify those people, parents of these students from grade 9 to 12, over 45 years and began to give them vaccines on priority,” said one personnel present In a meeting.
The government tried to eradicate the fear of students turned into a carrier of viruses from their homes but did not make it mandatory for parents to have their vaccines before sending their students to schools.
Thought in government is to provide offline schools for only students who cannot attend online classes due to lack of devices or internet connectivity for their studies.
However, the government has survived an online class option for those who can continue.
“We will not stop online classes like now.
Schools and parents who can survive with online classes are welcome to do so,” the official said.