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Haryana government extends summer vacations in schools till June 15

The state government had earlier declared summer vacations in schools till May 31.

New York mayor says all public schools will fully reopen in September

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said all public schools will fully reopen in September with in-person classes only

Covid-19: Schools in US under pressure to reopen for in-person learning

The pressure builds after authorization of a vaccine for children ages 12 to 15 and new federal guidance that vaccinated people do not need to wear face masks indoors or outdoors

Haryana shuts schools till Apr 30, issues guidelines to contain Covid-19

The Haryana government on Friday announced consolidated guidelines to contain the spread of COVID-19, ordering closure of schools, colleges and coaching institutes till April 30

Surge in Covid cases: International Baccalaureate cancels exams in India

The International Baccalaureate (IB) on Thursday cancelled its examinations across the country

Online exams must for promotion: Tamil Nadu govt to Madras High Court

The government of Tamil Nadu informed the Madras High Court on Thursday that no student will be promoted without taking an online exam

Covid: Schools in UP shut till May 15; night curfew imposed in 10 districts

This comes amid a spike in cases

How closing schools for another year may set India back a few years

ASER data show that more students had fewer learning options, higher dropouts and a stark rich-poor divide; gender imbalance also showed in enrolments

15,000 Uttar Pradesh schools switch over to English medium of instruction

This is with a view to modernise the education system.

Covid-19: Uttar Pradesh schools upto class 8 to remain closed till March 31

Amid a surge in Covid-19 cases, all schools upto class 8 in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed from March 24 till March 31

Schools in Puducherry to be shut from March 22 till May 31 amid Covid spike

The territorial administration has ordered closure of all schools for classes I to VIII from March 22 till May 31

Covid: BMC asks schools to discontinue rotational attendance for teachers

In view of rising coronavirus cases in the city, the BM on Tuesday asked schools to discontinue 50 per cent rotational attendance for teachers and other staff from March 17, a senior official said.

NEP 2020 to be more impactful if it prioritises critical thinking

If schools want to promote critical thinking, they will have to view students as intelligent beings whose learning is not restricted to the classroom

India Coronavirus Dispatch: New computational tool to track Covid mutations

Parents more ready to send kids to school, trial candidates wonder if they got vaccine or placebo, Antibodies appear faster if exposed to virus earlier-news relevant to India's fight against Covid-19

Odisha changes school timings for classes 9-12 due to hot weather forecast

Keeping in view the IMD forecast of possible hot weather across Odisha during the summer, the Odisha government on Tuesday revised the school timings, an official notification issued by the School and Mass Education (S&ME) department said. According to a notification, the school timings for the students of Class 9 and 11 will be from 7 am to 9 am and for Class 10 and 12 from 8 am to 12 pm. Earlier School and Mass Education Minister S R Dash had said that the government was reviewing the situation and the school timings. Earlier, the school timing was from 7 am to 1 pm, the notification said.

Children have lost over third of standard school year due to Covid: Report

Children across the world have lost an average of 74 days of education or more than a third of the standard global 190-day school year each, a report said

54 students at school hostel test coronavirus positive in Hayana's Karnal

Fifty four students of a school near here have tested COVID-19 positive leading to suspension of classes and other academic activities, an official said on Tuesday. Karnal Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Yogesh Sharma said three students of Sainik School Kunjpura had tested positive for the virus on Monday following which the health department took samples of 390 students and staff members of the school for testing. "The reports revealed that 54 students are COVID-19 positive," Sharma said. Deputy Commissioner Nishant Kumar Yadav said the school building and its hostels have been declared as a containment zone. The Sainik Schools are run by the Sainik Schools Society under the Ministry of Defence and the students stay in hostels. The Haryana education department had reopened schools for classes 9-12 in December last year and classes 3-5 from February 24.

Regulatory process now easier for Delhi private schools to get recognition

Delhi has made it slightly easier for private schools to get recognition or extension of their provisional recognition, reducing the number of regulatory compliance parameters from 91 to 73

US: Prez Joe Biden reframes goal on reopening of elementary schools

"I said open a majority of schools in K through eighth grade, because they're the easiest to open, the most needed to be open in terms of the impact on children and families," Biden said

US CDC unveils new guidelines for reopening schools amid Covid-19

The guidance advises schools to phase in their reopening plans in accordance with the severity of the outbreak in their areas