
Schools and Colleges in West Bengal will reopen from November 15. The Chief Secretary H K Dwivedi to take necessary steps to facilitate the process.
However, the Chief Minister, Mamata Banerjee, also reviewed the matter and said that the proper sanitation and cleaning should be done for educational institutions before reopening of schools in West Bengal.
The educational institutions were closed last year due to the outbreak of COVID 19 pandemic in March 2020. Since then, everything was closed and the country went into lockdown.
The state government earlier said that the educational institutions will reopen in West Bengal after Durga Puja festivities. Classes will be conducted on alternative days and with 50 percent strength.
