School reopen in West Bengal

 School reopen in West Bengal

School reopen in West Bengal

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About 7 months have passed  Schools, colleges and various educational institutions are still closed during the Corona period.Although schools and colleges have been opened conditionally in many states of the country, West Bengal is an exception.

Though no decision has been taken yet on when the schools will reopen, Education Minister Partha Chatterjee has announced important steps to reopen colleges and universities on 2th November.

If all goes well, all the colleges and universities of Bengal can be opened from next December.  

School reopen date in West Bengal

The government has started discussions on when the classes will be taken in the school and how it can be taken.

However, the final decision will be taken by CM Mamata Banerjee.  The government has already started all preparations.  The final decision on when and how the school will be opened will be taken after depaboli.

"We don't just have to reopen the school, we have to run the school. We will discuss whether the students and teachers can be brought to the school in groups or not." 

 Comment by Education Minister Partha Chatterjee.

7th November Hon'ble Chief Minister said in the context of school closure, 'Now the schools have holidays till December. See you later Let's see the situation first. Now, schools have holidays until the first week of December. The decision will be made based on the situation'.

School reopen in India

According to the Centre's guidelines(Unlock 5.0), schools in the states and union territories may be reopened in stages after October 15. In that case, the administration will decide after talking to the educational institutions. The guidelines also state-

• In schools where online classes are available, students may not come to school if they want to.

• Students can come to school with the written permission of their parents.

• The state and union territory administrations will make corona precautionary rules for schools.

• Educational institutions have to abide by the health regulations issued by the state.

• The decision to open colleges and other educational institutions will be taken by the state higher education department.

Unlock 5.0

The central government did not come up with Unlock 6, the Unlock 5 guideline will remain in force till the end of November.

As per the rules, the new unlock guidelines were supposed to come at the end of October. But the central government did not take that step. According to the Home Ministry, no new relaxation will be announced. The rules that exist at the moment will remain in force until November 30.