College Reopening News (Statewise) Live Updates: Check out When Colleges will Resume Offline Classes
Team Careers360 | August 20, 2021 | 08:07 PM IST | 2 mins read
Uttarakhand and Rajasthan governments have decided to reopen colleges from September 1. Check here for the latest updates on college reopening.
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Download NowNEW DELHI : With India witnessing a significant drop in Covid-19 cases, various state governments and universities are mulling over reopening colleges. Schools and colleges have remained shut since mid-March last year owing to the pandemic situation.
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College Reopening Live Updates: Check how states are preparing to resume offline classes
The Uttarakhand government has announced to reopen the colleges and start the offline classes from September 1. The government has also issued SOPs to be followed by colleges reopening in the state.
The Rajasthan government is also planning to reopen the colleges starting from September 1, as per the India Today report. While Karnataka has announced to resume the pre-university classes from August 23.
As some states are planning to reopen colleges and universities with limited capacity and COVID-19 SOPs, others have decided to resume the physical classes after the complete vaccination of the students and college staff. Some like Punjab and Chandigarh have already reopened the colleges for those students who have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
The University of Delhi earlier through an official notification announced to reopen the Delhi University colleges for science streams students. However, the university cancelled its move later stating that the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) is yet to allow in-person classes on campuses.
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