Decision in the cabinet meeting: After Diwali in Gujarat

Decision in the cabinet meeting: After Diwali in Gujarat, the educational work in the school will start

• The guidelines will be decided after a meeting of the health and education department: Chudasama

The state's primary and secondary schools have been closed since March 2020 due to Covid-19.  

The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday to reopen schools that have been closed for the past seven months.  Read also: Gratuity ni ganatri kevi rite karvi jano vigat vaar mahiti

Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said a meeting chaired by Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had decided to start educational work in schools after Diwali.  

He said the first secondary-higher secondary schools are being considered for operation, though a final decision would be taken after consultation with the health department. Read also: Tamne Nokri Puri thaya pachi ketli gratuity malse e jano

An action plan will be prepared

In a meeting of the state cabinet held at Gandhinagar, Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama had tabled a proposal to start schools.  

Ministers including Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel gave their views.  The cabinet finally approved the reopening of schools that had been closed since March 2020.  Read also: 2021 Ni jaher raja ane Marajiyat raja nu navu list jaher

However, as Kovid-19 has not yet been fully exempted, it was decided to plan ahead for what kind of rules would be drawn up to run schools.  

Accordingly, a meeting will be held with top officials including Deputy Chief Minister and Health Minister Nitin Patel and Education Minister.  Read also: BLO mate khas navi matdaar yadi mate thai jao taiyar

The meeting will prepare an action plan on what kind of rules should be followed for running schools.  The schools will be reopened in compliance with the action plan, Minister Chudasama said.

શાળાઓ ખુલવા અંગે દિવ્યભાસ્કર ન્યુઝ રીપોર્ટ અહિંથી વાંચો 

ગુજરાત સરકારની ઓફીસીયલ પ્રેસનોટ અહિંથી ડાઉનલોડ કરો 

Rules will be made about what matters

Things like masks, social distance, sanitation will be mandatory before schools start.  In addition, students will be considered for water and snacks, seating arrangements, how many students to include in a room, how to arrange the rest of the students, setting up an odd-even system or calling students in the same way in the morning and afternoon.  

Guidelines on how to comply with many such matters will be prepared after consultation with the health department.