Higher Education Institutes to reopen in Uttarakhand from December 15; check details here
The schools in Uttarakhand were reopened from November 2, with several Covid-19 safety measures set in place, though the attendance in classrooms remained low due to the risk of the infection amid the global pandemic.
Uttarakhand government has announced that it has decided to reopen the higher education institutions in the state which have been kept closed for more than eight months from December 15. The decision to reopen the higher education institutes this month in the state was taken at a meeting of the state cabinet chaired by Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, the sources said.
Since March 2020, the schools and colleges in Uttarakhand are kept closed owing to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and the nationwide lockdown in the country to contain it. The higher education institutes will now reopen with several safety guidelines in the state.
A committee chaired by the chief secretary had already submitted its report to the government on opening institutions of higher education in the state which got the Cabinet’s nod. The cabinet cleared 27 out of a total of 29 proposals put before it, the sources said.
During the cabinet meeting, a presentation was also done regarding the COVID-19 vaccination and how to carry out the exercise to provide it to all once the vaccination is made available in the state. 20 per cent of the state’s total population will be vaccinated in the first phase of the exercise, including people above 55 years of age and frontline workers who are more at risk of contracting the infection.
The schools in Uttarakhand were reopened from November 2, with several Covid-19 safety measures set in place, though the attendance in classrooms remained low due to the risk of the infection amid the global pandemic. The Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Health has also allowed the reopening of schools across the country, as per the state governments’ discretion. Many states have decided to keep the schools closed till December 31 due to the pandemic.
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