Delhi schools to reopen for Class 9, 11 students from 5 February: Manish Sisodia
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Delhi government has announced that it will reopen schools for Class 9 and class 11 students from 5 February.
Delhi’s Deputy CM Manish Sisodia announced the decision of the Delhi government. He also said, “Colleges, diploma institutions in Delhi will also reopen from 5 February.”
Students will attend classes only with the consent of parents, physical attendance will not be compulsory and all schools and colleges will be expected to follow the COVID-19 guidelines.
“Schools for classes 9 and 11 students, as well as colleges and degree diploma institutions will reopen in Delhi from February 5, following COVID protocols. The students will attend classes in a staggered manner and with the permission of parents,” Sisodia said.
“It is important to guide and counsel the students, so that they are better prepared for the exams. “Our primary focus is to reopen the schools and ensure safety for every child. All the concerned authorities are directed to ensure safety in school premises,” the minister said.
He added that the proper preparedness after schools reopened for class 10 and 12 students had reassured parents of their children’s safety, and “80 per cent of the total number students allowed to attend school at one point of time were reported to be coming for classes in both private and government schools”.
Keeping the school reopening in mind, Directorate of Education (DOE) issued examination instructions for classes 9 and 11. For Class 11 practicals, projects and internal assessments would be conducted at the school level from March 1. “It is advised to the schools that they may conduct these assessments before the commencement of annual examinations. Mid-term examinations may be conducted from March 20 to April 15, tentatively from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm in all the schools,” the DOE said.
“Assessment of internal grades should also be done prior to the commencement of annual examinations. Question papers for annual examinations will be set up covering all the reduced syllabus which is uploaded on DOE’s website,” it added.
For Class 9, the DOE said schools may conduct the first and second periodic assessments preferably in the fourth week of February and third week of March respectively maintaining appropriate COVID appropriate behaviour. “Midterm examinations may be conducted from April 1 to April 15, 2021, tentatively from 2:30 pm to 5:30 pm in all the schools. Projects and assignments which were given to the students as holiday homework or home assignments during the winter vacations will be considered as ‘Subject Enrichment Activities,” the instructions noted.
The Delhi government earlier allowed all schools in the national capital to reopen for Classes 10 and 12 from January 18 in view of board exams, according to officials of the Directorate of Education.
Students will attend schools only with consent of parents and physical attendance is not compulsory, while schools will follow all COVID-19 guidelines, they said.
“In order to conduct activities pertaining to pre-board preparations and practical work, the head of government, aided and unaided recognised schools may call students of Classes 10 and 12 only to school with effect from January 18, 2021,” a senior official at the Directorate of Education (DoE) said.
However, a child should be called to school only with the consent of parents and following standard operating procedures, he said.
Records of children coming to school will be maintained and the same should not be used for attendance purposes as sending a child to school is completely optional for parents, the official said.
Schools in Delhi have been shut since March last year to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. While several states had partially reopened schools after October, this will be the first time in 10 months that students in the national capital will return to their campuses. Students have been attending classes online.
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Schools in Delhi to reopen for students of Classes 9 and 11 from Feb 5
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The Delhi government on Friday allowed schools to reopen for students of Class 9 and Class 11, and colleges to restart from next month, which have been shut since March last year in order to avoid the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Deputy chief minister Manish Sisodia said the classes will resume from February 5 with the permission of parents and for clearing doubts and holding practical classes. Authorities will have to follow all Covid-19 protocols put in place, he added.
Sisodia said the conditions would be similar to the ones announced when schools reopened for students of Classes 10 and 12 on January 18. Sisodia said students will attend classes only with the consent of parents and that physical attendance will not be compulsory and added that all schools and colleges will be expected to follow the Covid-19 guidelines.
“Schools for classes 9 and 11 students, as well as colleges and degree diploma institutions will reopen in Delhi from February 5, following Covid protocols. The students will attend classes in a staggered manner and with the permission of parents,” Sisodia said, according to news agency PTI.
Classes for students of 10 and 12 were allowed to resume from January 18 for pre-board preparations and practical work with strict masking and distancing guidelines in place. The Centre had allowed the reopening of schools from September 21, 2020, for the first time after the nationwide lockdown in March. States were allowed to decide whether to reopen schools according to their Covid-19 situation.
Delhi has recorded 634,524 cases of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19), including 622,114 patients who have either been discharged or have migrated or recovered, according to the bulletin issued by the health department on Thursday. The Capital’s death toll has mounted to 10,835 and the number of active cases in the national capital is 1,575, of which 645 are in home isolation.
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