Schools in Nagpur to reopen for classes 1 to 7 from Thursday

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New Delhi: Private and civic schools for classes 1 to 7 in Maharashtra’s Nagpur are all set to reopen from Thursday (December 16). 

The Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) on Wednesday said it has decided to reopen schools for students of classes 1 to 7 in the civic limits while adhering to strict COVID-19 protocols, PTI reported. 

Schools and other educational institutions were closed in March 2020 in the wake of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

NMC education officer Priti Mishrikotkar told the news agency that 1,053 private schools and 116 civic-run schools, with 2.49 lakh students, will reopen on Thursday. The schools have been directed to ensure compliance with coronavirus protocols. 

In a release, NMC said, “Only one student will be allowed on one bench. All the students will have to wear face masks and follow COVID-19 related protocols.” 

The primary and middle classes schools were earlier supposed to resume physical classes in the first week of December, however, NMC postponed the decision in view of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. 

The Pune Municipal Corporation also announced earlier to reopen the schools for standard 1 to 7 in Pune from Thursday.

Meanwhile, schools for classes 1 to 7 of civic schools reopened in Mumbai on Wednesday after being shut for over 20 months owing to the pandemic. 

(With agency inputs)