Bhubaneswar: The Government on Monday issued guidelines for reopening schools for Class VIII and XI students across Odisha from next week.
The schools in the state will be reopening after a long gap 18 months that was put into force due to COVID-19. The offline classes for Class XI students will begin from October 21 and that for Class VIII from October 25.
The guidelines issued by the government are as follows:
- Teachers and School Management to chalk out plan for resumption of classes for Std VIII during October 17 to 24
- Cleaning of schools to begin from October 17. DEOs to be kept in the loop regarding cleaning activities and sanitation of schools
- Since the schools will reopen after a long time (one and a half years), on the first two days, the teachers will guide the students will extra-curricular activities and orientation sessions
- Students of Class VIII (now) have not studied anything in Class VII. The students might not have a good hold over the subjects and chapters of Class VII.
- The teachers will hold a
ssessment tests for the students on October 27 (Odia), and Oct 28 (Maths) and Oct 29 (English). The questions papers will be provided by OSEPA and SCIRT - Following these assessment tests, the Principal of the schools will hold remedial classes and sessions for the students of Class VIII
- It must be ensured that Principals will take classes and inspect classes by other teachers
- The Principal/Headmaster will hold a 30-minute meeting with teachers after the classes everyday.
These, and a couple of other guidelines have been listed in an advisory issued by the School and Mass Education department on Monday
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The Health and Family Welfare Department had announced that the state government will announce closure of physical classes if there is a rise in COVID-19 positive cases.
Director, Medical Education and Training (DMET) CBK Mohanty had said education of school children has been badly affected for more than one and a half year due to COVID pandemic, the state government has to take steps so that their future is not spoiled.