Classes 10 and 12 students of govt-run and private schools in Chhattisgarh will reopen from Monday with 50% attendance. The state government has asked schools to maintain all the covid protocols and only district with positivity rate lower than 1 per cent for last seven days are allowed to operate schools.
While the government has taken decision in line with student’s education who may have to appear in board next year, a state-level body of parents of school students has opposed the move as they have objected that the state government should have waited for some more time. They have also cited the third wave of coronavirus which is expected to hit the nation this month, as predicted by the health experts.
“The third wave of coronavirus is likely in August and therefore the decision to reopen schools should have been taken next month,” said Kristopher Paul, President of Chhattisgarh Parents Association (CPA).
He also alleged that the decision has been taken to benefit the private school owners. If government really wanted to open schools, they should have opened for all the classes, he added.
The decision to reopen schools was taken during a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel recently. Colleges and schools were shut in the state after the second wave of coronavirus began in March this year.
The school education department had last week announced that the offline classes for Classes 10 and 12 in all private and government schools will begin from August 2.
