Bengaluru:Schools across Karnataka would have a three-week holiday from Monday over reports that many teachers were infected with Covid in some districts," Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa said on Sunday.
"I have directed officials to issue an order declaring a three-week holiday for schools from October 12-30 in view of the reports that several teachers have been infected by Covid-19," said Yediyurappa in a statement in Kannada here.
The decision comes a day after the state primary and secondary education department on Saturday suspended the Vidyagama scheme, unveiled to teach students of the state-run schools during the pandemic following reports that 34 students in Belagavi and Kalaburagi districts in the state's northern region tested positive.
With schools shut since March 25 when the lockdown was enforced and extended to contain the virus spread, the department had directed state-run schools to resume classes for students who do not have online access to lessons being imparted by private schools to their students across the state.
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"The Vidyagama scheme has been launched to enable around 42-lakh students from socially weaker sections to learn in classes held in open spaces under trees or verandah in their school premises," an official told IANS.