UP Schools, Colleges to resume offline classes from February 7

Earlier, the government ordered the closure of schools, colleges until February 6.

UP School Reopening: Schools, colleges in Uttar Pradesh are allowed to reopen from Monday, February 7. Offline classes will resume in the state for Classes 9 to 12. According to the order issued by Awanish Awasthi, additional chief secretary, home, all COVID-19 guidelines will be followed at the time of reopening of physical classes in educational institutions.

Earlier, the government ordered the closure of schools, colleges until February 6. Meanwhile, the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad will conduct the pre-board exams before the board exams. According to the order issued by UPMSP, pre-board examinations are compulsory for all schools.

This year, more than 51 lakh students registered for UPMSP class 10, 12 board exams 2022. According to the Uttar Pradesh Madhyamik Shiksha Parishad (UPMSP), a total of 51.74 lakh (51,74,583) students applied for the class 10, 12 board exams, with 27.83 lakh (27,83,742) students for class 10 and 23.91 lakh (23,91,841) students for class 12.

Also, as many as 58.70 lakh (58,70,938) students applied for the both class 9 and 11 exams, with 31.92 lakh (31,92,815) students registered for the Class 9 exam, and 26.78 lakh (26,78,123) students for Class 11 exam.

Meanwhile, various states across the country have ordered the reopening of schools and colleges from February 7. The decision has been made by several state governments after reviewing the COVID-19 situation in their region. With the declining cases of the novel coronavirus and its Omicron variant, the central government has also issued revised SOPs for schools, colleges reopening. States and UTs have been given authority to decide whether consent from parents would be necessary for students to attend offline classes or not.

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