Mumbai: It’s up to local officials to decide, taking into account the Covid-19 situation in an area, whether the physical class must be continued at school, the Minister of School Education Maharashtra Varsha Gaikwad said on Thursday.
Asked about the confusion about the announcement of the government to continue more physical classes in schools from August 17, Gaikwad said decentralized decision making.
BJP opposition, on the other hand, claims there is no coordination in the government about this problem.
The state assignment unit in Covid-19 at the meeting on Wednesday night opposed the decision to continue more classes at school.
Gaikwad was not present at the meeting.
The minister told reporters on Thursday that the city commissioner in urban areas and collectors and CEO of Zilla Parishad in rural areas has been given wisdom to make decisions.
Safe! You have succeeded in throwing your votelogin to see the results “No coercion (in part of the state) to reopen the school.
Members of the Covid Task Force do not know our standard operating procedures (SOP).
There will be a meeting again.
Secretary (Ministry of Education) While studying SOPs from the task force, “said Gaikwad.
BJP leader Devendra Fadnivis said there was no coordination between the task force, Minister of Education Gaikwad and Chair of the Minister of Uddhav Thackeray about this issue, created confusion.
All stakeholders must sit together and arrive at consensus, said the former main minister.