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Post COVID, Odisha Schools Ready To Welcome Back Students: Minister Samir Dash

Bhubaneswar: With the schools across Odisha set to reopen tomorrow for Class X and XII students after remaining closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash on Thursday visited the schools in the capital city to oversee the arrangements.

After a visit to some of the schools the Minister said all arrangements have been made as per the COVID-19 guidelines. The classrooms have been well sanitised and are ready, he added.

Also Read: Reopening-of-schools-odisha-govt-directs-weekly-health-check-up-of-students/

Informing about other measures taken by the school authorities he said the children will be given hand sanitiser while entering the school and a five feet distance has been maintained between desks in the classroom.

There are over 10,000 schools in the state of which 8,000 are government schools and the rest are non-government ones. Nearly 6 lakh students are reading in these schools.

Also Read: 25-students-per-section-education-minister-on-reopening-of-schools-in-odisha/

 

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