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Business News/ Education / News/  Goa schools to re-open for classes 9-12 from 18 Oct. Details here

Goa schools to re-open for classes 9-12 from 18 Oct. Details here

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  • The decision to re-open Goa schools was taken after a state task force meeting held on Thursday

Officials said that both parents and teachers must share the responsibility to ensure Covid-appropriate behaviour is followed at all times in schools

Schools in Goa have been permitted to reopen for physical classes for Classes 9 to 12 from October 18 with Covid-19 guidelines and standard operating procedures in place, an official said on Friday.

The decision was taken after officials deliberated the reopening scenario at a state task force meeting held on Thursday.

Officials said that both parents and teachers must share the responsibility to ensure Covid-appropriate behaviour is followed at all times.

In a circular issued on Thursday, state Director of Education Bhushan Savaikar said the state government decided to reopen schools for physical classes after consultation with an expert committee.

The department has asked managements and heads of educational institutions to take a decision, by considering the available infrastructure and local conditions, it was stated.

“Schools may, if required, initially follow a hybrid mode of teaching, that is, online as well as offline classes," the circular stated. Masks, temperature checks and sanitisation are mandatory at the entry gates of institutions, and even the staff should be checked before entry, it said.

As per the circular, school functions and assemblies should not be conducted, till further orders.

Goa on Thursday recorded 68 cases of Covid-19 and two casualties that took the tally of infections to 1,77,356, including 3,335 deaths. The coastal state currently has 679 active cases.

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