New Delhi (NVI): The government of Karnataka today decided to reopen schools and pre-university colleges from January 1, which were closed due to COVID-19 outbreak.
The reopening of schools in the state is for students of class 10 and second-year PUC (Class 12).
However, the decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa on reopening schools and PU colleges in the state.
At the meeting, it was also decided to start the Vidyagama programme, which enables continued schooling for students from classes 6 to 9.
The Chief Minister said the advice given by the state’s Technical Advisory Committee for COVID-19 on reopening of schools which discussed in detail for an hour. They suggested starting Classes 10 and 12 (second PUC) from January 1 and for imparting education for students from classes six to nine through the programme, he added.
In a tweet, Yediyurappa, regarding the same, added that a decision on reopening schools for students of other classes would be taken after considering the situation for 15 days.
The schools and PU colleges remained closed since March ahead of the nationwide lockdown was first enforced to combat COVID-19, while degree and engineering colleges in the state were reopened on November 17.
So far, the second worst-affected state Karnataka has reported 9,07,123 coronavirus infections, while the death toll stood at 11,989.
-RJV
