Schools can reopen from November 23, shrines could too after Diwali: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray

Schools can reopen from November 23, shrines could too after Diwali: Maharashtra CM Uddhav Thackeray

Story : MUMBAI: CM Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday allowed schools in the state to reopen for classes IX to XII after Diwali. Shrines, too, may be opened after the festival, he said. The school education department, whose proposal to resume schools TOI reported in its Saturday edition, has set November 23 as the date to resume physical classes. The CM chaired a meeting of the department to review the standard operating procedures that schools must follow. Min: Physical classes only for subjects maths & Science .

CM Uddhav Thackeray on Saturday allowed schools in the state to reopen for Classes IX to XII after Diwali. At Saturday’s meeting, state school education minister Varsha Gaikwad said a mass drive of RT-PCR testing of teachers will be conducted by local administrations between 17 and 22 November. Only those teachers whose reports are negative will be allowed to conduct classes. She further said in order to follow Covid protocols, thermal screening of all students will be done before they are allowed inside classrooms and seating arrangements will be changed to allow only one child per bench.

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