Mumbai schools may resume offline classes from March with pre-Covid school timings
Mumbai school reopen: Aditya Thackeray said schools also will be encouraged to organise Covid-19 vaccination camps for students from age 15 and above.
Anu Parthiban | February 25, 2022 | 05:24 PM IST
NEW DELHI: As Covid-19 cases steadily declined in the city, minister of tourism and environment Aditya Uddhav Thackeray today said held a meeting for schools in Mumbai to resume from March.
“This afternoon, I held a meeting for schools in Mumbai to resume from March, with pre-Covid timings, attendance, curricular and extra-curricular activities, school buses, apart from certain essential Covid appropriate norms, as cases steadily decline in Mumbai,” Aditya Thackeray said.
“The schools also will be encouraged to organise vaccination camps for students from age 15 and up, on campus, with Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) and doctors, with the consent of parents, to ensure vaccination rates and protection for students eligible for the Covid vaccine,” he added.
Several states eased curbs and reopened schools, colleges and universities. Schools across Maharashtra resumed offline operations on January 24. Following this, the Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar on Saturday announced that the Pune schools, colleges will reopen on February 1.
The schools also will be encouraged to organise vaccination camps for students from age 15 and up, on campus, with @mybmc @mybmcedu and doctors, with the consent of parents, to ensure vaccination rates and protection for students eligible for the covid vaccine (2/2) pic.twitter.com/ezkvqeSJ9u
— Aaditya Thackeray (@AUThackeray) February 25, 2022
In other news, the Delhi government has announced that all schools will function completely in offline mode from April 1. Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal said that the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has removed all restrictions in view of the improved COVID-19 situation.
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