Schools, colleges to reopen in Bihar from Monday; Govt issues safety guidelines
India
Published: Sunday, January 3, 2021, 19:59 [IST]
Patna, Jan 03: Educational institutions including schools, colleges, universities, coaching institutes will reopen in Bihar from Monday after a gap of over nine months since the outbreak of Covid pandemic.
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Slide in number of coronavirus cases and high recovery rate of 97.61 per cent in the state seem to have boosted the confidence to resume studies physically in the educational institutions.
However, the classes will operate only at half the strength of the total students and other protocols of coronavirus have to be followed strictly, Education Department Principal Secretary Sanjay Kumar told PTI on Sunday.