NEW DELHI, Aug 26 (NNN-PTI) – An experts’ panel recommended the reopening of schools in Delhi, in a phased manner, as the number of COVID-19 cases has fallen, over the past several weeks.
The Indian capital recorded 39 new COVID-19 cases and zero deaths on Tuesday.
Schools in the city have been shut since Mar, last year, after the pandemic hit the country, with Delhi gradually being one of the most affected places in the country.
Regular classes and examinations have been conducted online since the closure of schools. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), recently declared results of students of 10th and 12th standards, while following a “tabulation policy” without conducting the annual examinations.
Set up by the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA), the panel, in its report, suggested to the Delhi government that initially senior students, those studying in 11th and 12th standards, should be allowed to go to schools, followed by middle standard students and ultimately primary and lower standards.
According to a Delhi government official, the report will be studied in detail and a final decision will be taken soon.
A teacher with a Delhi government school said, recently students in senior standards were allowed to visit their schools, to discuss and solve their problems with their teachers.
Local media reports said that, earlier this month Delhi’s Lieutenant Governor, Anil Baijal, asked officials to set up an expert committee, to chalk out a detailed plan, to reopen schools, as pandemic cases had declined in the national capital.– NNN-PTI
