As many as 29 students of a govt-run residential school and junior college for girls in Telangana's Khammam district have tested positive for Covid-19, triggering panic among the parents and teachers.
The latest Annual Status of Education Report of 2021 (ASER 2021) throws light on the status of school reopening in rural India, and the quality of learning in rural homes.
Educational disruption due to prolonged closure of schools will not only have alarming effects on learning loss but also poses threat to gender equality, a new study by UNESCO has pointed out
Addressing school learning losses should be a priority
The Goa government's task force on COVID-19 on Tuesday recommended starting in-person classes for students of grades 1 to 8 from November 22 with safety protocols. A meeting of the task force, chaired by Chief Minister Pramod Sawant, took stock of the existing COVID-19 situation in the state before giving a go ahead for reopening schools for students of classes 1 to 8. Talking to reporters after the meeting, Sawant said though the task force has recommended reopening of schools for offline classes, the state government will take a final call after considering logistic issues. In-person teaching sessions in schools for students of classes 9 to 12 are already on in the state. The CM said he has asked the education department to provide details of schools which have more than 1,000 students. I have asked the department to submit a plan on how they will manage such a large number of students, he said. The department will have to provide details of infrastructure available in these ..
Classroom teaching for the students of Class VI and VII would resume in Odisha from November 15, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said on Wednesday
Offline classes for students in standards 8, 9 and 11 will start on November 15
In many schools, teachers and administrators greeted children by sprinkling rose water and presenting them with flowers and chocolates
After a hiatus of more than one-and-a-half year due to coronavirus outbreak, schools in Kerala are set to reopen in a staggered manner from November 1 starting with classes 1 to 7, 10 and 12
Schools will have to ensure that classes are conducted in a hybrid mode which means online classes will continue
Schools and colleges in the state have been closed since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic in March last year.
Also, the government announced certain relaxations for international arrivals at airports while allowing certain activities like throwing open swimming pools with certain conditions.
With COVID-19 cases declining, the government had reopened schools for students of classes 6 to 8 from September 6, and for students of classes 9 to 12 from August 23.
Schools across Maharashtra resumed physical sessions for classes 5 to 12 on Monday after being shut for over a year-and-a-half in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic
Mumbai schools re-opened for classes 8-12 on Monday in adherence with the Covid-19 Standard Procedure Protocols
Schools for classes VIII to XII will start in physical mode from Monday for first time in18 months in Pune city, and all Covid guidelines issued by government will be adhered to strictly.
Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar on Thursday announced strict standard operation procedures (SoPs) for reopening of school for classes 5 to 12 from October 4.
The DDMA maintained that the Covid situation in the city is "good"
Amidst the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, the schools in Kerala on Friday started conducting exams in physical mode for over one lakh class 11 and vocational higher secondary students.
A comprehensive plan is being prepared in consultation with various stakeholders for the re-opening of educational institutions: Minister