Schools to observe situation, take a call

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Bangalore 

03.01.2022

GEAR Innovative International that had planned to restart offline classes by January 19 said it “will calibrate their action by January10”. “We believe attendance for offline classes will be affected because of the rising cases. Some trend might emerge by January 10,” said M Srinivasan, founder.

“We had plans of reopening after January 9. We will now watch the situation and make a decision next week,” said Shanthi Menon, principal, Deens Academy.

Some schools that were expected to reopen on Monday have deferred starting offline classes. A school in east Bengaluru informed parents that students will continue online class till January 7 and a decision on offline classes will be taken based on the situation.

A school in north Bengaluru postponed the physical reopening of campuses citing vaccination drive on campus for children of 15to 18year-olds by BBMP.

It plans to resume offline school- ing by January 10. Many campuses have tied up with private hospitals and BBMP for vaccination on the premises.

Several schools in the city have sought RT-PCR test reports of students returning from other states for physical classes. They said teachers will also be tested before they resume classes.

“We are unsure how the increase in cases will affect attend- ance. While we hope our section of parents will continue to send their children for offline classes, we request the government that schools should be the last to close if any situation arose. There has been no significant increase in cases from campuses. Schools cannot take the brunt for others’ fault,” said D Shashi Kumar, secretary, Association of Managements of Primary and Secondary Schools of Karnataka.

Educationists are worried that another round of closure would turn disastrous for kids, who have already lost one and a half years of offline classes.

Some schools postpone reopening, stick to e-class

Bengaluru:With Covid cases in Bengaluru on the rise, many private schools are worried that the attendance for in-person lear ning will again be af fected. Some of them have deferred reopening of physical classes after Christmas vacation.

Many schools said parents have started raising concerns over sending their children to campuses when classes resume after Christmas vacation. “We will continue both online and offline classes so as to not force parents to send children to campuses. We’ve received letters from many parents expressing their concerns as cases have started rising again,” said Mansoor Ali Khan, member, board of management, Delhi Public Schools.