The Union Education Minister, Dharmendra Pradhan reviewed the vaccination status of teachers across the country and reopening of schools.
He also reviewed the vaccination status in the skilling ecosystem.
Rajeev Chandrasekhar, Minister of State for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship and Rajkumar Ranjan Singh, Minister of State for Education were also present in the reviewed meeting.
Pradhan has been regularly monitoring the vaccination of teaching staff and non teaching staff to ensure an enabling environment for schools to move towards reopening.
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He stressed upon the need to restore normalcy and vibrancy in the educational institutions in wake of rapid vaccination at scale happening in the country.
As on date, a majority of states have already opened the schools for all the classes. Over 92 per cent of teaching staff have been vaccinated. In the institutions under the Central Government, over 96 % of teaching staff have been vaccinated.
