Central govt allowed opening of schools in October, but most states chose to not reopen. School principals say students must continue with virtual learning.
Schools in other cities of Maharashtra, however, are set to reopen as per schedule taking into account local conditions and the prevailing pandemic situation.
Schools in the two states reopened Monday after seven months. In Andhra, students from Classes 9 to 12 were allowed while in Assam, students from Class 6 onwards were allowed.
State education minister Himanta Biswa Sarma says all health and safety protocols will be followed, and joining schools will be a 'voluntary exercise'.
Young children in the country have taken to ‘coding’ lessons in the last few months. Online platforms that offer such lessons say the trend is here to stay.
The education ministry guidelines want schools to get health and wellness report of teachers and students and what their status is with respect to Covid-19.
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In normal cases school will not reopen in India for the next two or three years minimum. Without vaccine we can’t eradicate the Covid 19 virus. It will only fluctuate from low to high as the primary sample changes due to the failure of contract tracing. This is the scenario now in India, ie, cases are decreasing upto less than 50000 daily, but below 25000 daily is not possible without vaccine. Now we can reach the conclusion that Corona virus is everywhere, but if we want the correct number of infection universal testing is the solution. Universal testing also give the number of infection only a particular point of time, after an hour it may change ie, Covid negative turns to positive at any time.
How to reopen school?
Some of the Indian states have already reopened school and running smoothly. But some states are not keen to reopen due to the fear of surge. Fear is not at all helpful ie, time wasting, we have to take the precaution correctly for 24×7. Some of them are waiting for vaccine but vaccine is not a fast solution it will take time. So each states can decide whether the school is closed until vaccination or open at the very next moment and running according to the strict SOP.
Children should not be sent to schools because around 2 Lacs die every year due to road accidents. This will keep them away from accidents. Covid 19 is also fast catching up and may claim 2 Lacs in whole of 2020, though mostly old and people with co-morbidities are dying.
In normal cases school will not reopen in India for the next two or three years minimum. Without vaccine we can’t eradicate the Covid 19 virus. It will only fluctuate from low to high as the primary sample changes due to the failure of contract tracing. This is the scenario now in India, ie, cases are decreasing upto less than 50000 daily, but below 25000 daily is not possible without vaccine. Now we can reach the conclusion that Corona virus is everywhere, but if we want the correct number of infection universal testing is the solution. Universal testing also give the number of infection only a particular point of time, after an hour it may change ie, Covid negative turns to positive at any time.
How to reopen school?
Some of the Indian states have already reopened school and running smoothly. But some states are not keen to reopen due to the fear of surge. Fear is not at all helpful ie, time wasting, we have to take the precaution correctly for 24×7. Some of them are waiting for vaccine but vaccine is not a fast solution it will take time. So each states can decide whether the school is closed until vaccination or open at the very next moment and running according to the strict SOP.
Children should not be sent to schools because around 2 Lacs die every year due to road accidents. This will keep them away from accidents. Covid 19 is also fast catching up and may claim 2 Lacs in whole of 2020, though mostly old and people with co-morbidities are dying.