The Maharashtra government has decided to reopen schools in COVID free zones. According to the government resolution (GR) released recently, the schools that do not have a single Covid case will be allowed to restart physical classes from July 15 onwards.
The classes will resume from Class 8-12 standards after taking consent from the parents. The minister of school education department Varsha Gaikwad said, “It has become a need of the hour to have a co-educational approach to reach out to the children of the last strata of the state.”
The GR states the formation of an eight-member committee consisting of local collectors, school principals and health officials to decide on Covid-free zones. In rural areas, this committee will be headed by the head of the gram panchayat to decide which school can be allowed to start physical classes.
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Similarly, each district will form the said committee and schools will need a go-ahead from the committee before reopening, states the GR.
