Chandigarh schools to reopen today

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, September 20

City schools are all geared up for students coming for guidance on voluntarily basis from Monday onwards starting from 9 am onwards.

Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director School Education said, “All work areas intended for teaching or demonstrations, including laboratories, other common utility areas have been sanitised with one per cent sodium hypochlorite solution, with particular attention to frequently-touched surfaces.”

“We are very positive and hopeful that we will smoothly move towards normal class room teaching in due course of time in accordance with SOP and instructions of GOI but no hurry or rush and safety n health of teachers and students is of paramount importance to the department. We will consult all stakeholders and it will be a continuous consultation.” Rubinderjit Singh Brar, Director School Education 

As many as seven officers of Education Department have been allotted schools falling under clusters to carry out inspection particularly with regard to complying with SOPs. The officials will visit schools daily from September 21 to 25 and will submit to Director School Education everyday.

All the schools have been asked to prepare a class-wise schedule as per the number of students visiting their schools. In the first phase of partial re-opening, the students of board classes, i.e. XII and X would be called for clearing doubts.

The students are being called in two sessions of two hours each, with a gap of one and a half hour between the two sessions. The teachers will ensure that only 15 students are seated in a single classroom, and this number must be restricted to 10 in case the size of classroom is small.

The students will be required to carry a written consent of their parents or guardians. The students and teachers residing in micro containment zones will not be allowed to visit the schools. Students, teachers and employees are also advised not to visit areas falling within micro containment zones.

There would be provision of thermal screening at the entry points in the schools. The precautionary measures include teachers’ employees and students ensuring physical distancing of at vast six feet, use of face covers, frequent hand-washing, following respiratory etiquette, self-monitoring of health, and not spitting.

There should be provision of sanitisers at the entry point of school as well as in each classroom. The principals would ensure the provision of liquid soap and running water in all the toilets.