Delhi schools to resume classes for senior students

The Delhi government has announced that classes will resume for Class 10 and 12 students from January 18 to help prepare for Board exams.

New Delhi: Arvind Kejriwal-led government on Wednesday announced that students of Std 10 and 12 can attend schools from January 18th in order to conduct activities pertaining to pre-board preparation & practical work. However, students can be called to school only with the consent of parents.

The govt in its order stated that the schools will have to mandatorily follow Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). The record of all students attending schools in the national capital will be maintained.

This will be the first time that the Delhi government allowed the opening of schools since March 19, 2020, when educational institutions shut down ahead of the first lockdown due to coronavirus outbreak.

Several states have already opened schools with precautionary measures.

"In order to conduct activities pertaining to pre-board preparation and practical work, the Government and Government aided/unaided schools may call students of Class 10 and 12 only to school from 18th January," the Delhi Government said.

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However, the government said that the student should be called to school only with the consent of parents.

"While the records of children coming to school be maintained, the same should not be used for attendance purpose as sending the child to school is completely optional for parents," it said.

Delhi is witnessing a declining trend of fresh COVID-19 infections for the past several weeks. At present, there are 3,179 active coronavirus cases, 6,17,006 patients have recovered and 10,707 succumbed to the disease.

With ANI inputs