Allahabad University to reopen from February 2 for teachers, staff

With the reopening of AU, research scholars have also been allowed to restart work in their respective departments. The estate officer has been directed to get all the departments, offices, facilities and sections sanitized.

Allahabad University has announced that it will reopen with full capacity for teachers, officials and staff from February 2 onwards. Though the campus will be reopened for the teachers and non-teaching staff, the classes will continue to be conducted in online mode. 

With the reopening of AU, research scholars have also been allowed to restart work in their respective departments. The estate officer has been directed to get all the departments, offices, facilities and sections sanitized. In a fresh notification, AU Registrar Professor NK Shukla announced that  AU and its constituent colleges will observe a holiday on February 1 on account of the Mauni Amavasya bathing festival. Thereafter, from February 2, the central university, its departments and centres would reopen and function under the set protocols of COVID-19.

The notification further stated that all the offices of the university and affiliated colleges will open from Monday to Friday from 9 am to 5 pm with full capacity. All the teachers have been asked to take online classes after reaching their departments and centres until February 4.

“After commencing the normal functioning of the department and classes, we can hold the meeting of the heads of department and deans and the vice-chancellor can take the decision on taking the online classes further,” said assistant public relation officer of AU, Chitranjan Kumar.

On January 6, Allahabad University had announced that only internal official working will be carried out in the offices of the university and no public visitor/outsider will be allowed on the campus till further orders. All students were also urged to refrain from visiting the campus in wake of rise of COVID cases and its variant Omicron. 

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