Uttarakhand : With these instructions, schools from class 6 to 8 will open in the state from August 16

Now schools from class 6 to class 8 will also open in Uttarakhand from August 16. Schools from class 9 to class 12 have opened in the state from August 2. The government has already issued SOP for opening the school. Before the opening of the school, all the classrooms, laboratories, libraries, toilets, drinking water, etc. such places where physical movement of students and students take place, should be thoroughly sanitized.

Arrangements for sanitizer, handwash, thermal scanning and first aid will have to be ensured in schools. While starting the school physically, the school management/principal and all the block education officers should ensure that the teaching work is not done in dilapidated classrooms under any circumstances.

The government will provide sanitizers, masks etc. in 4100 junior high schools going to open from August 16. Apron, head cover and gloves will also be provided to the food mothers of these schools, for 4156 out of 5234 schools from 6th to 8th level, the government has released special COVID budget. The state has 961 schools with a student strength of 16 to 25, 1549 schools with a student strength of 26 to 50, 1076 schools with a student strength of 51 to 100, 429 schools with a student strength of 100 to 200 and 141 schools with a student strength of more than 201. These schools have been given a special grant of Rs.400 to Rs.1,000 according to the number of students.

In view of the infection of COVID-19 in each school, a nodal officer should be nominated by the concerned school, who will be responsible for compliance with the guidelines related to social distancing and COVID protocol. If a situation of infection arises among the students, teachers and other staff of the school, then it will be the responsibility of the concerned principal and nodal officer to inform the district administration / health department in time. If any student or teacher or other personnel shows symptoms of cough, cold or fever, they will be sent back home after giving first aid.

It will be the personal responsibility of the Chief Education Officer of each district that he will ensure such a system under his district, so that if a COVID infection is found in any educational institution, immediately its information can be made available to the District Administration / Health Department and COVID in the concerned institution. Ensuring compliance with the protocol.

In such educational institutions which have a large number of students and it is not possible to do physical teaching work simultaneously under the COVID protocol, the school management can also do physical class teaching in two shifts keeping in mind the protocol, Students with even roll numbers in the first shift and odd roll numbers in the second shift can be called to the school. For this, the school time table should be planned in such a way that teachers can do class teaching of students in both the shifts.

With the consent of the parents of the students, they should be allowed to be physically present in the school, for this, the students should submit the consent letter of the parents to the school management within 3 days of the physical opening of the school or attending the school. Will be able to do it. A flexible approach should be adopted for attending the school and no student should be physically compelled to come to school.

It should also be ensured that all the teacher staff and all the students are allowed to enter the school classroom after duly wearing masks, if any student and girl students are present in the school without a mask, then the school will make masks for such students. make arrangements.

In order to ensure compliance of social distancing at the main gate at the time of admission and leave in the school, time interval should be fixed for different classes and all classes should not be left together. Such educational institutions in which students come to school using public transport, their public transport should also be ensured to accommodate the children with social distancing and to get the public transport sanitized from time to time.
For classes 1 to 5, the system of online reading will continue as it is, prayer meetings, children’s sports, music, cultural programs and other group activities in the school, which are at risk of infection of Kovid-19, should be postponed till further orders. .

Keeping in view the expected spread of Dengue and Malaria, students should be instructed to attend school wearing full sleeves Pant Shirt Salwar Kameez during the school period.

The Chief Education Officer will be personally responsible for ensuring the physical classroom teaching in educational institutions at the district level by following the COVID protocol. To make the facility available, they will monitor the educational institutions daily and will also interact with the students studying offline and online on random basis, Block Education Officer, Deputy Education Officer, Percentage Report of Teaching Work, through Chief Education Officer, SCERT. Will make available