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BENGALURU: Beginning Friday, colleges across the state will throw gates open for students in intermediate semesters after the government allowed resumption of regular classes. Based on the positive response from final year students, who returned to campuses in mid-November, institutions are expecting a decent turnout.
Hopes of full attendance are soaring also because the government has done away with the rule of Covid-19 tests for all students in undergraduate, postgraduate, engineering, and diploma courses. When final year students returned to campuses on November 15, all had to submit Covid negative certificates.
Now, only those who show symptoms need to take a RTPCR test. The relaxation in the rule was announced as part of a new set of standard operating procedures (SOP) announced on Tuesday.