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The FIRs were filed based on videos, according to sources, but the police are still investigating. A source said: “Police are checking whether the videos are fabricated or real.”
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]]>The VC further stated that a final decision on the phased reopening would be made in the following five to six days because the university needs to plan how to accommodate students from other states in the hostels.
He further stated that the university would ensure that students who intend to attend classes in the offline mode are vaccinated and that the vaccination of DU faculty is nearly complete.
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]]>The official website for registering Class 9 students is secondary.biharboardonline.com
Registration forms are available on the BSEB website. School Principals will have to download the forms, distribute them among the students, collect the filled forms and match the information provided by students with schools’ records. After that, they will submit the information online on the BSEB website.
If students find any error in the filled application forms, they can take printouts of it, make the necessary corrections and submit it along with signatures to the school principals.
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In case of any difficulties during the registration process or while submitting the fee, BSEB can be reached at helpline numbers – 06222-2232074, 2232257, and 2232239.
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]]>The Department of Social Security and Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (SSEPD) has asked Collectors of 10 districts to reopen Class 9 in Special Schools and hostels for students.
SSEPD Director Bratati Harichandan in a letter to the District Collectors of Balasore, Cuttack, Ganjam, Kalahandi, Koraput, Keonjhar, Puri, Kandhamal, Sundargarh and Khurda suggested to reopen schools for physically challenged student of Class 9 and reopen hostels.
“Steps may please be taken for reopening of Class 9 of Special Schools and hostels functioning thereunder subject to some conditions,” Mr Harichandan said in the letter.
With the available physical infrastructure in the special schools, the authorities are told to maintain Covid protocol and local Covid situation may be taken into account while reopening of schools and hostels, the letter said.
The Collectors have been asked to strictly follow the instructions issued by the School and Mass Education (S&ME) Department on reopening of schools and hostels. District Social Security Officers (DSSOs) concerned may be instructed to regularly monitor the functioning of schools and hostels and submit a monthly report on the attendance of students and additional arrangement made if any for residential accommodation of the students keeping in view social distancing norms, an official said.
An officer preferably in the rank of Additional District Magistrate or Sub-collector may be deputed to personally visit the institution in their respective district and ensure that necessary safety procedures are implemented, the Director further mentioned in the letter. The DSSOs have been asked to personally visit the institutions before reopening of special schools and submit a report regarding safety measures.
Earlier, the School and Mass Education Department had directed to reopen classroom teaching for class 9 students from August 16 with strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols.
The teaching hour for Class 9 students in all government schools now is from 9 am to 12.30 pm all days excluding Sundays and public holidays.
The students are allowed to attend the classes either on online mode or offline mode in consultation with their parents. Attendance is not mandatory for students in offline mode. Meanwhile, the government has expedited the vaccination of school teachers and staff before reopening all classes.
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]]>“In basic education, attendance is not compulsory. We have also not made attendance mandatory for classes from 9 to 12,” Mr Sharma said.
“Guardians, teachers and political organisations have also said the offline education should be started even if it is for a shorter period,” he said.
“In UP, the present atmosphere is sufficiently secure but if there is any indication of any concern (regarding Covid), we can also close schools,” he added.
Mr Tripathi also asked Health Minister Jai Pratap Singh if there was any arrangement for vaccination of teachers and students below 18 years of age.
In a supplementary question, SP member Shatrudra Prakash asked the minister if it is safe for little children to go to school without vaccination.
The minister replied that the vaccine for children below 18 is not yet available but it is expected to be available by September. He said after the vaccine is available, a campaign will be launched to inoculate children.
The state government has opened schools from August 16 for classes 9 to 12. For classes six to eight, they will be opened from August 23 and for classes one to five from September 1.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by The Edge Media staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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]]>Classes will be held from Monday to Friday and both students and staff will be required to follow the covid protocols such as wearing masks and using sanitizers within the school premises.
This decision has been taken by Yogi Adityanath led the UP government as the COVID-19 cases are dripping off in the state.
Students are required to carry COVID-19 essentials like sanitizers, face masks, handwash, etc. in the school premises.
Schools have been closed due to COVID-19 for more than a year now and as the coronavirus pandemic has started deescalating various states all across the country are planning to reopen the schools in a phased manner.
Detailed SOPs have been launched by some of the state governments. States like Haryana, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, Nagaland, Chhattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh have started offline classes in the first week of August.
Bihar and Andhra Pradesh are two other states that have commenced physical classes from August 16.
On August 7, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar tweeted regarding the reopening of Classes 9 to 12 and colleges with 50 per cent capacity.
Additionally, the Karnataka government has decided to reopen schools for students in Classes 9 to 12. However, schools will reopen only in those districts where the COVID-19 positivity rate is less than 2 per cent.
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]]>Congressman Paul A Gosar along with Congressman Mo Brooks, Andy Biggs and Matt Gaetz introduced the Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act, a legislation that would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act on the Optional Practice Training (OPT).
“What country creates a programme, but not a law, that rewards its businesses to fire citizen workers and replace them with foreign labour to pay the foreign labour less? The United States. The programme is called OPT and it reflects a complete abandonment of our own workers,” Paul A Gosar said.
He first introduced the Fairness for High-Skilled Americans Act in the 116th Congress, and has twice signed amicus briefs in support of American workers in a lawsuit against the Department of Homeland Security to eliminate the OPT.
The OPT is a guest worker programme administered by the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
Gosar alleges that the OPT circumvents the H-1B cap by allowing over 100,000 aliens admitted as foreign students to work for up to three years in the US after graduation.
These foreign workers are exempt from payroll taxes, making them at least 10-15 per cent cheaper than a comparable American worker, he argued.
“Landing that first job outside of college will only become more difficult for young Americans as our universities formalise the role they play in crowding out opportunities once reserved for American graduates. For this reason, the OPT must be eliminated,” stated Kevin Lynn, Founder of US Techworkers.
The OPT openly undercuts American workers, particularly higher-skilled workers and recent college graduates, by giving employers an actual tax incentive to hire compliant, inexpensive foreign labour under the guise of “student training,” said Rosemary Jenks, Director of Government Relations, NumbersUSA.
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]]>Classes will be held twice a week for students of Classes 11 and 12, and virtual sessions will continue simultaneously, he said.
Class 11 students will attend school on Tuesdays and Fridays, while Class 12 students will convene at schools on Mondays and Thursdays, he said.
Students of Classes 9 will attend school on Saturdays and for those in Class 10, sessions will be held on Wednesdays, the official added.
According to the guidelines, student gatherings such as morning assemblies and swimming lessons are not permitted to prevent the viral spread.
Apart from this, the state government has asked schools to undertake a slew of measures such as running COVID-19 tests on students and teachers.
Schools are being reopened at a time when the state is seeing a significant decline in coronavirus cases. Madhya Pradesh on Friday reported 11 infections and no casualties.
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