In a major development, Union Education Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank released the School Reopening Guidelines and SOPs prepared by Department of School Education & Literacy for Reopening of Schools.
The guidelines have been released following Home Ministry’s permission allowing states to reopen schools from 15th October 2020 onwards in a graded manner within their jurisdiction after thorough assessment of the prevailing situation.
The guidelines for reopening of schools across the county were released by the Education Minister along with the video message sent out from his official social media account.
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Education Minister said that his ministry has prepared broad guidelines for the reopening of schools across the country keeping safety of the students as its top priority. However, he said, while ensuring complete safety of students, it is also important that ‘Suraksha’ and ‘Shiksha’ should go hand-in-hand and that academic continuity is maintained for the students.
Minister also added that the pandemic has affected the vulnerable sections of our society the hardest and therefore, while reopening of schools, state governments, officials, school administrators and educators need to ensure that the needs of the most vulnerable students, including homeless and migrant children and those directly affected by COVID-19 are given priority.
DoSEL, @EduMinOfIndia has issued SOP/Guidelines for reopening of schools. pic.twitter.com/pwJXZZd40w
— Dr. Ramesh Pokhriyal Nishank (@DrRPNishank) October 5, 2020
