Following the directions laid down by the chief minister, the physical mode of teaching will be resumed in about 27,000 schools in the state from January 3, 2022.
Odisha School Reopening: The Odisha government has decided to resume offline classes for students of classes 1 to 5 from January 3 onwards. The announcement regarding the school reopening in Odisha was made by School and Mass Education Minister S R Dash after Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik directed officials to make preparations on war-footing to deal with a possible third wave of COVID-19 following the detection of at least eight cases of Omicron variant in the state.
Following the directions laid down by the chief minister, the physical mode of teaching will be resumed in about 27,000 schools in the state from January 3, 2022. The offline classes are not mandatory. No school can force students to attend offline classes. Students can attend offline classes after taking consent from their parents or guardians.
However, in schools where the summative exam for Class 10 students has been scheduled, the on-campus classes will resume from January 10, 2022, he said. In those schools, the Matric summative assessment-1 is scheduled to be held between January 5 and 8.
Mentioning that the standard operating procedure (SOP) issued for Classes 6 to 12 has to be followed by all the primary schools, the minister said that classes for 1 to 5 will be held between 9 am and 12 noon, without any break. Dash said that cooked mid-day meals will not be served to students. “They will be given dry ration,” he said.
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