GUJARAT STOPS OFFLINE CLASSES IN SCHOOLS, COLLEGES TILL 10 APRIL

The Gujarat government today took one more decision to curb the rising corona cases in the state. The government has decided to stop offline education in schools and colleges. As a result, offline education in schools and colleges will be closed till 10 April in 8 metros. Voluntary education will continue in other areas. Thus, now students of all classes will be taught online. The decision was taken at a meeting of the core committee. Following this decision, offline education will be closed in Ahmedabad, Rajkot, Vadodara, Surat, Gandhinagar, Jamnagar, Bhavnagar and Junagadh.

In addition, college and university examinations starting tomorrow have also been postponed until 10 April. Discussions to prevent the transmission of Corona were held at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday. The closure of schools and colleges, which started a month ago, was discussed.

Educational work in schools-colleges, educational institutions was closed from 16 March last year. Then from January to February, schools and colleges of standard 6 to 12 were opened in phases. But within a year, Covid-19 cases worsened and it was decided to close schools and colleges in four metros again on 18 March.

Earlier, standard 10 and 12 schools were opened from 11 January. This was followed by Class 10 and 12, PG and last year’s college classes. Then standard 9 and 11 schools were started on 1 February, as well as standard 9 to 12 and competitive examination classes. After the reopening of schools and colleges from 9 to 12, the state government’s education department announced the resumption of classroom education for first-year students in colleges from 8 February.

In primary school where children study together and have fun together, there is a growing fear among parents that if one of them shows symptoms of Covid-19, the others may also get infected. But now less than 30% students come to school, while others are taking online education at home.

At present, examinations for students of Classes 3 to 8 are going on, but most of the children are taking the exams at home instead of coming to school. Even parents are afraid to send their children to school because of the situation; The board examinations are starting from 4 May, so some rules have been made by the education department to keep the students away from the transition to corona.

If at the time of board examination of standard 10 and 12, if any student is found having fever, cold, cough and high temperature, that student will be kept in a separate room, so that there is no danger of transition in any other student. However, in view of the current situation, some new rules may be implemented by the Board of Education at the time of examination.