Bengaluru: Earlier, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) had released a detailed guideline for reopening schools and colleges in the country in a graded manner, starting from October 15. The states have the authority to decide whether they want to resume schools or not.
While many states, including Delhi, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh and Maharashtra, have decided not to reopen schools, others like Punjab and Uttar Pradesh have announced reopening of schools.
The Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) in Karnataka during a meeting on Thursday recommended resuming regular classes for Classes 10 and 12 in a staggered manner from January 1. However, the recommendations are yet to be placed before Chief Minister Yediyurappa for his approval before it is officially announced.
According to sources privy to the meeting, the TAC also gave its nod to resume classes for Grades 9 and 11 from Jan 15, while Vidyagama is to be compulsory for Classes 6-8 from January 1. The committee met with Minister for Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar and education officials and briefed them on its analysis on starting offline classes.
The committee is said to have told them that the department could start preparing for Class 10 and 12 students to return to schools. But the number of students should be limited to a bare minimum and students should be called just twice a week to attend classes.
The TAC said that board exam students (Classes 10 and 12) who will also be attempting competitive examinations, will benefit from face-to-face classes. Other classes can be resumed after assessing the performance of the reopened classes.
It also suggested that students, teachers and staff should be allowed to return to school only on producing a ‘negative’ test report.
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