Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government decided to reopen schools for classes IX and XI on Monday, February 1.
Earlier, the government allowed offline lessons for Classes X and XII from January 11. Offline tuition for all these classes have also been permitted, in addition to the online mode, reported news agency IANS.
“The Education Department had prepared a Standard Operating Protocol on January 8 to resume offline studies for Classes 10 and 12. The same SOP will be implemented for Classes 9 and 11 from February 1. Similar to teaching at school, we are also permitting resumption of offline tuition classes across the state, subject to SOP and Covid guidelines,” Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama was quoted as saying by the media.
According to the minister, attendance of the students in schools will not be mandatory, and the schools and colleges will have to obtain written consents from parents.
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