Shimla, Jul 21
The Council of Minister of Himachal Pradesh likely to take decision to partly open the Schools for the high classes right from ninth to 12th on the guidelines of other states as a cabinet meeting shall be convened here on Thursday.
Sources in the Govt said that agenda likely figure in the CoM would include opening of schools for sake of guidance or griviences of students right from ninth to 12 with effect from August 1, 2021. The state government has already announced to allow the Coaching academy or tuition classes to run operation after it was halted in the month of April this year due to outbreak of 2nd wave of Covid-19.
There are reports that Government is not in mood to open the school in the junior standard right from primary to middle sections on the line of other state Governments and probably the guidelines drawn by the Union Govt.
The nonoperation of schools in the state impacting the state economy as their is no demand in the market despite the half of the acedmic session is over. Now it is very common that students are skipping their online classes could be found plying in the open places with easing out the restrictions with relaxation of Covid protocols.
The Government schools mostly in the rural areas are finding it very hard to run the show with help of online classes due to low high end smartphone, lack of internet facilities and frail mobile signal as well as poor internet bandwidth.
The state move to partly open the higher educational institutions and professional colleges would ease out the science students to conduct the lab testing and practical works which have been hampered due to the confinement of students to their homes for last two years.
Professional colleges in Punjab and other neighbouring states have been opened recently however state Government expected to allow the classes to open including Medical colleges, Engineering Colleges and other institutions.
ICMR new studies showed that children are developing the resistance against the Covid pandemic faster compared to younger people as most of them are found with antibodies in their testing and surveys. However the State Government not expected to open the primary schools and Middle sections as it may not risk the reliance of new ICMR studies on
children.
State Government have already taken decisions to recall teachers to schools after their vaccination on war footing.