Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai has officially declared that the state government has decided to reopen schools in two phases. Schools for classes 9 to 12 will start in alternate batches from August 23, with each batch attending classes three days a week, said Bommai after a meeting with experts.
The meeting was attended by Dr Devi Shetty, Dr Manjunath, Dr Ravi, Dr Sudarshan, the health department and the education department. Sources said that the present Covid-19 situation, positivity rate and Centre’s guidelines were discussed during the meeting.
The decision about reopening of schools for up to Class 8 will be taken in the last week of August after looking at all aspects of a possible third Covid-19 wave. The newly appointed chief minister said, “All this is what the experts suggested. The covid-19 task force will be formed soon,”
While night curfew will be imposed throughout the state from 9pm to 5am, the night and weekend curfew will continue as is in districts bordering Kerala and Karnataka, according to the latest announcement. Bommai said that the state government has directed the police to strictly monitor the curfew.
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