After a break of more than nine months, schools, colleges and other educational institutions in Bihar accepted students as they reopened. Ses institutes were suspended because of the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) pandemic on March 14 last year.
For students in Classes 9-12 in schools and final year students in universities, physical classes were held.
“I am happy that schools have reopened as students were getting badly affected. Most of the children studying in government schools do not have laptops to carry out online studies. Our syllabus is lagging and we will work hard to cover it,” a class 9 student of Patna’s Miller High School told news agency PTI.
Teachers too seemed happy to be able to take physical classes again.
“It is good that we are getting an opportunity to teach students in physical classrooms. All these months we used to come to schools but did not have teaching work,” said a teacher at the Miller High School.
To be allowed to attend the lessons, students need to carry permission letters from their parents, another teacher said.
Attendance, however, remained lean as many parents were apprehensive of sending their wards to the educational institutions till they are inoculated.
“We will not send our children to schools till they are vaccinated for Covid-19. We cannot take risks despite the precautionary measures being taken by the state government,” Rajiv Singh, a resident of Jethiyan village in Gaya district said.
Students, teachers and other non-teaching personnel were asked to take all measures for Covid-19 and stick to the government’s instructions when attending classes.
Schools supplying students with pick and drop facilities have been required to ensure that the service providers still have their masks on. There should be a minimum gap between students of 1 to 2 feet and they have to be
To stop the transmission of the virus, morning assembly sessions and games cycles have been excluded from the timetable. Their lunchtime has since been altered to scattered timings to avoid a huge crowd of pupils.
Educational institution administrators will keep a watch on students and check whether they have any signs of Covid, and pupils will be medically tested in governance.
