In a few states, students already back to school

Schools in Uttar Pradesh Delhi Tamil Nadu Madhya Pradesh Telangana and Rajasthan resumed inperson classes as part of the phasewise reopening on WednesdayRajasthan and Delhi reopened schools for students of Std IX to Std XII In Delhi some institutions however chose to waitandwatch for a few weeksThe UP administration has allowed physical classes for Std IStd V students however the attendance was very less ldquoOnly those students were allowed to come whose parents filled a consent form In some classes of over 50 students only one or two parents have given consent Online classes are continuing as per the schedule as parents are apprehensive for their kidsrsquo safetyrdquo a teacher of St Francis College in Lucknow saidStudents in a class in Hyderabad Telangana on Wednesday PicAFPClasses for students of Std VI to Std XII in UP were started in the second half of AugustSchools barring residential government institutions resumed offline classes in Telangana while colleges also resumed in the stateIn Madhya Pradesh schools for Std VI to Std XII started regular physical sessions with 50 per cent cap on attendance and students expressed happiness on returning to their educational institutionsThe Chhattisgarh government on Wednesday issued an order permitting private and government schools to reopen for Std VI to Std XI with 50 per cent attendance from Thursday Schools had already resumed for Standards I to V VIII X and XII from August 1Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan held a meeting with senior ministry officials on Wednesday on the status of the reopening of schools across the country and the roadmap for vaccinating their staffThe Centre on Wednesday morning recorded a rise in daily infections at 41965 and active cases increased to 378181 A total of 460 fatalities were confirmedlsquoBengal thinking of vaccinating kidsrsquoWest Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the government is thinking whether children will be required to be vaccinated in view of the anticipated third wave If required the government will carry out inoculation programmes for children similar to the pulse polio drive she said32 college students infected in KrsquotakaAs many as 32 students have tested positive for COVID19 in a college in Karnatakarsquos Kolar KGF College of Dental Sciences and Hospital state Health Minister Dr K Sudhakar said on Wednesday ldquoAll of them are Kerala returnees I will visit the college and take action against the managementrdquo He added that COVID19 has been brought under control to 700800 cases per day from as high as 50000 cases per day while adding that the government has worked hard to mitigate the pandemicThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliabilitsy and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever