Nagpur schools, colleges to reopen for offline classes from February 1

NAGPUR: The district administration on Monday allowed offline classes for students of grades 1 to 12 and also those in colleges in Nagpur from February 1 with COVID-19 protocols. Offline classes in schools and colleges will begin in rural as well as Nagpur municipal corporation limits.

Nagpur district collector R Vimla and municipal commissioner Radhakrishnan B, after taking stock of the coronavirus situation, issued orders for starting in-person learning sessions from Tuesday in accordance with COVID-19 protocols.

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Meanwhile, the Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University issued a separate circular asking its affiliated colleges to start offline classes from February 1. Schools and colleges were shut following a spike in coronavirus cases and emergence of the highly contagious Omicron variant.

Meanwhile, around 100 students protested against offline board exams for Classes 10, 12 near a mall on Medical Square. Windshields of two buses were damaged by unidentified persons during the protest, police said. DCP (Zone 4) Gajanan Rajmane said the students gathered near the mall in the afternoon and protested.

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A delegation of the students later met District Collector Vimala R and submitted a memorandum listing their demand. "During the protest, windshield of a city bus was damaged by unidentified persons. Later, we also received a complaint about damage caused to the windshield of a school bus parked in the area," Rajmane said.