Thin attendance on day one of school reopening for classes 10, 12 Updated: Updated: January 19, 2021 23:40 IST About 49.53% attended the regular classes in Coimbatore district; a section of private schools remained closed Share Article AAA About 49.53% attended the regular classes in Coimbatore district; a section of private schools remained closed As schools reopened for Classes 10 and 12 after nearly 10 months on Tuesday, many schools registered thin attendance as the students hesitated to attend the regular classes amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Officials from the Department of School Education that out of 653 government, aided and private high and higher secondary schools in the district which remained closed since March 2020, 632 schools reopened on Tuesday. Out of the 86,222 students of Class 10 and Class 12, only 42,706 students – about 49.53% – attended the regular classes on the first day in Coimbatore district.