Schools, colleges to reopen from November 23 in Gujarat

Schools, colleges to reopen from November 23 in Gujarat

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Ahmedabad:12.11.2020

After being closed for about eight months, schools and colleges are set to reopen in the state from November 23 amid Covid-19 pandemic.

A decision to reopen secondary and higher secondary schools as well as colleges in the state after Diwali vacation was taken on Wednesday by the state cabinet chaired by CM Vijay Rupani.

The state will resume classroom studies from class 9 to 12 from November 23 for schools. In case of colleges and universities, the government will reopen them in a phased manner, starting with medical, paramedical and post graduate programmes. For undergraduate courses, the government has decided to resume classroom studies only for final year students initially.

The decision comes at a time when many other states have had to revoke similar decisions and again shut down educational institutions after facing a rising number of Covid-19 infection cases in school going students.

Before taking the final decision in the matter, the government held discussions with various stakeholders including department of education, school, college, university administrators and academicians, said education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama.