The event was held in Triplicane at Lady Willingdon Government Model Girls Higher Secondary School, Chennai.
In many educational institutions, school authorities and parent-teacher associations organised live beating of drums and percussion to welcome newcomers.
The school education department director Angela Zothanpuii said that all 11 district administrations announced school closures on Monday as a measure to ensure the students' safety.
Students in several Bengaluru schools were seen following Covid-19 appropriate behaviour as they queued up at the entrance, maintaining distance while entering the premises. Staff members were also checking their body temperatures at the gates.
Delhi: The campaign was supported by DoE and was attended by school students, local youth, senior citizens, and members of residents' welfare associations.
In exchange for promising government jobs, the accused dupes man of Rs 10 lakh cash and Rs 5 lakh worth ornaments.
All the Karnataka public schools are to be built with corporate social responsibility (CSR) funds, officials said.
If children with covid-19 symptoms come to school in Karnataka, they will be sent back home, the official circular notes.
“The retaining wall of the school had become dangerous, and residents had repeatedly warned the school about it.," an official from Titwala police station said.