Schools in J&K may re-open in mid-June
Jammu and Kashmir government has asked all the state-run schools to follow all precautionary guidelines issued by the World Health Organisation (WHO) before re-opening the school. The state government is planning to re-open the schools from mid-June.
The Jammu and Kashmir government is planning to reopen the schools by mid-June, which have been kept closed due to coronavirus outbreak in the country since March 2020.
The government has asked the state education department to ensure all safety measures are followed to avoid any spread of coronavirus among the students, teachers, and staff.
As per an official communique, the Directorate of School Education Jammu and Kashmir division has been asked to issue necessary instruction to the heads of all government schools to provide all necessary items to the students in schools.
The state-run schools have been instructed to provide two reusable masks and a pair of hand gloves to each student before the school re-opens, along with installing hand sanitisers and liquid soap dispensers at the entry point of each school.
The expenditure on this account shall be booked under the Samagra grants released to schools for a day to day expenses, reads a letter signed by director finance in the school education department.
Earlier, the school education department was asked to start the preparation for the re-opening the schools while carrying out fumigation and whitewashing of all school buildings.
Schools in Kashmir were closed on March 9, two weeks ahead of the nation-wide lockdown announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for curbing the spread of coronavirus.
The total number of coronavirus cases in the country stands at 1.9 lakh with 5,394 deaths. On June 1, the country recorded the highest spike in the coronavirus cases with over 8,000 cases reported in a day.
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