Gujarat schools to reopen for Classes 9, 11 from February 1
Gujarat State Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama confirmed the reopening of the state schools for Classes 9 and 11. This is being done to help the students prepare for the upcoming final examinations.
Gujarat government has announced that it has decided to reopen the schools for Classes 9 and 11 from February 1. Students, teachers and limited staff members will be allowed to attend the schools while following the COVID-19 protocols. The classes will begin in offline mode from Monday after more than ten months. In the past ten months, schools across the state have been conducting online classes to avoid any academic loss of the students.
Gujarat State Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama confirmed the reopening of the state schools for Classes 9 and 11. This is being done to help the students prepare for the upcoming final examinations.
He further said that all the schools will be reopened while following the COVID-19 guidelines. Gujarat Health Ministry had issued the COVID-19 Standard Operating Protocols (SOPs) to reopen the schools and colleges. It has been mandated for students, teachers, and other staff members to wear masks and maintain social distancing, and everyone entering the schools and colleges will be checked using thermal guns.
On January 11, the state government allowed schools to resume Classes 10 and 12 to help students prepare for the upcoming CBSE Board Exams 2021 in May and GSEB Board Exams 2021. Gujarat has only announced that the Class 12 Science practical exam will be conducted on March 30 while it is yet to release the entire date sheet.
This year Gujarat has started phase-wise reopening of the educational institutions as part of which it also reopened the colleges and universities for the final-year graduation and post-graduation students. The institutes are being reopened keeping in view the decline in COVID-19 cases.
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