Government’s new guideline for schools: In states where corona cases are less than 5%, schools will open, the state government will take the final decision.

The right to decide whether it will be mandatory for children to come to school or whether they can do online classes has been left to the state governments. In the guidelines issued by the Center, it was said that the states can decide to open schools based on the local situation. The decision on whether the children will go to school will be taken after talking to the parents. If children do not want to come to school, then there should be an exemption regarding attendance.

The Center has said that if there is enough space in the school, then children will be allowed to do other activities including sports, songs and music. School hours can be reduced. The distance between two students in the class room should be at least six feet. If any staff lives in the Containment Zone, then they will not be allowed to come to the school.

Schools with less than 5% Kovid positive rate can open
According to VK Paul, member of NITI Aayog, there has been a steady decline in new cases of Kovid-19 and the situation has already improved. The Covid positive rate is less than 5% in 268 districts across the country. These districts can clearly move towards reopening schools. The decision in this regard will have to be taken by the state governments. After which the state can reopen the schools if it wants.

Schools have fully opened in 11 states
Here, the officials of the Ministry of Education have issued a statement saying that schools are fully open in 11 states, while in 16 states, mostly schools of higher classes have been opened. At the same time, there are 9 states where schools are closed. Meanwhile, the central government has issued a new and revised guideline and covid protocol in this regard. All these protocols will be followed during the opening of the school.

Nearly 95% of school staff have been vaccinated
According to officials, about 95% of school staff have been vaccinated in all states, while the vaccination rate of employees in some states is 100%. In such a situation, now teachers can feel safe themselves. The Center advised the states and union territories that by following these Kovid SOPs and guidelines, we can ensure that the schools are run in a safe manner.

Sweety Changsan, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Education, said that keeping in mind the widespread vaccination, the ministry had issued guidelines for the states in December last year. In which the state governments will have to take the consent of the parents of the child to send the children to school.

Decrease in the case of Corona – Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Luv Agarwal has said that in the last 14 days, there has been a steady decrease in the cases of corona infection and the positivity rate has also decreased. Due to which there has been a decrease in active cases. According to the government data, the daily positivity rate which was recorded on January 21 at 17.94% has come down to 10.99%.

Central government’s new guidelines for schools

Corona situation in the country
On Thursday, 1.47 lakh new cases were reported in the country. During this, 2.45 lakh people were cured, while 1,071 people have died. A day before this, 1.72 lakh cases were found on Wednesday. Compared to the previous day, 25,231 less new infected have been found, that is, 14.63% less new cases have been found. For the first time in the third wave, less than 1.5 lakh new cases have been found. The number of active cases has decreased by about 99,675 as compared to the previous day.

At this time, the total number of corona cases in the country has reached 4.19 crore, while total recovery has reached 4 crore and total deaths have reached 5 lakh.