Coronavirus Scare: List Of Educational Institutes Closed In India To Check Spread Of Covid-19

New Delhi: With the number of people testing positive with coronavirus growing day by day and also two persons succumbing to the deadly virus, the government of India and various state governments are taking all measures to check the spread of the virus.

And as World Health Organisation (WHO) has advised the public to avoid crowded spaces and large gatherings as a preventive measure, various educational institutes in the country have decided to cancel classes for some time so that students can avoid human contact to some level, report various media organisations.

Here is a list of all educational institutes across India that have been shut down as a preventive measure against spread of coronavirus:

• IIT Delhi- All students have been asked to vacate the hostels till March 31
• Jawaharlal Nehru University, Delhi- Classes have been suspended till March 31
• NIT Rourkela closed till further orders. Students asked to leave campus.
• Colleges in Odisha to remain closed till March 31
• Jamia Milia Islamia, Delhi- Classes have been suspended till March 31
• IIT Kanpur- Annual tech fest postponed till further notice, classes suspended till March 29
• IIM Ahmedabad- Convocation deferred till further notice
• Delhi University- Classes suspended for all DU colleges till March 31
• Amity University, Kolkata- Classes suspended till March 31
• Ashoka University- Term break extended till March 31
• Guru Gobindh Singh Indraprastha University- Classes suspended till March 31
• HNLU, Raipur- Classes suspended till March 18
• IIM Indore- Convocation postponed till further notice
• Colleges in Ladakh and Srinagar will be closed till March 31.
• All colleges will be closed in Rajasthan till March 31.
• All colleges in Uttar Pradesh will be closed till March 22.
• All colleges in Bihar will be closed till March 31.
• All colleges in Haryana will be closed till March 31.
• All colleges in Chhattisgarh will be closed till March 31.
• Visva-Bharti University- Classes suspended till March 31

Apart from the educational institutes mentioned above, there are several other colleges and schools that are waiting for instructions from their respective state governments. Some private institutes though are still open and conducting classes.