After a gap of more than one and a half years, physical classes for 6th and 7th standard students resumed in Odisha today.<\/p>\n
In view of the Covid-19 pandemic, classroom teaching for classes 6 and 7 students had been suspended since March 2020. The students have since studied online.<\/p>\n
The schools reopened for classes 6 and 7 students with strict adherence to the Covid-19 guidelines and Standard Operating Procedure prepared by the Odisha School and Education department.<\/p>\n
The classes for the students started at 9.30 a.m. and continued till 1 p.m. The classes will continue on all days excluding Sundays and public holidays. There will be no recess or lunch hour, officials said.<\/p>\n
The classrooms have been sanitized prior to reopening. At some places, schools have put murals with awareness messages to alert the children regarding Covid-19 infection while in some other schools the teachers welcomed the students with flowers, pens and chocolates.<\/p>\n
“After doing thermal scanning and ensuring wearing of masks, students have been allowed to attend school. After completion of teaching, they were allowed to go home at 1 p.m,” said Rajeswari Raypritiam, Headmistress, Unit 8 Boy’s High School.<\/p>\n
The students expressed happiness over reopening of the schools. “Physical teaching has no alternative. It’s easier to understand any subject while attending physical classes than online. I am happy to attend the classes physically and to meet friends and teachers,” said a girl student of Unit-III Saraswati Shishu Vidya Mandir of Bhubaneswar.<\/p>\n
However, some students chose to attend the classes through online mode as vaccination of students under 18 years has not begun yet.<\/p>\n
The students are allowed to attend the classes either through online or offline mode in consultation with their parents. Attendance is not mandatory for students in offline mode, sources said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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