Delhi’s public schools will remain closed until further notice amid an increase in its daily Covid business.
New Delhi:
All schools in Delhi will remain closed until further notice due to the COVID-19 situation, Chief Deputy Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the education portfolio, said today. He added that even parents are not in favor of resuming regular classes.
On October 5, the Delhi government announced that all schools in the city-state would remain closed until October 31, when the decision would be reviewed.
The reiteration comes as Delhi experiences a new wave of Covid cases. Yesterday, the nation’s capital recorded a record number of new infections – 4,853. The rise in local cases has worried residents of Delhi, where pollution adds to the threat of the coming winter and laxity during the season. festivals.
“We continue to receive feedback from parents that they are really concerned about whether it is safe to reopen schools. It’s not (safe to reopen). Wherever schools have reopened, cases of COVID-19 among children have increased. So we have decided that as current Delhi schools will not reopen. They will continue to be closed until further notice, ”Sisodia said today in an online address.
Universities and schools across the country, including Delhi, have remained closed since March 16, when the central government announced the closure of classrooms across the country as part of measures to contain the spread of the new coronavirus.
While some schools in Delhi’s satellite cities have opened, the Aam Aadmi party-led government has kept its decision in abeyance.
Aside from the increase in local cases, the decision also comes as many states – Mizoram and Karnataka to name a few – are halting regular classes due to an increase in the number of students contracting. COVID-19.
Many other states, such as Delhi, have kept the decision in abeyance, while some, such as the UP and Punjab, have started holding classes for senior students in batches. Private schools in those states, however, remain closed after parents say no.
Parental consent and the absence of compulsory attendance were among the statutes mentioned in the “Unlock 5” directives governing the reopening of schools.
(With contributions from the agency)
