Staff Reporter / New Delhi
Schools in Delhi will remain closed in Delhi as Coronavirus cases continue to increase in the national capital. Delhi has the second-highest number of Covid-19 cases in India.
This was announced by Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, after a meeting with education department officials today. This decision has been taken as safety precautions because of the rise of coronavirus cases increase in the national capital.
The officials agreed that online classes and activities with the help of parents should continue in the meantime.
The officials asked Sisodia to allow conduct classes in small groups once or twice a week for classes 9 and 10. Other officials, however, recommended that Class 10 students should attend classes every day.
The Delhi government had urged parents to give suggestions on how to go about reopening schools after the centre earlier this month announced its “Unlock1” guidelines.
“One of the suggestions in the meeting was that primary classes should be held once or twice in a week with a strength of 12-15 students in a class,” said the government.
“Another point was made that classes can be conducted on alternate days for students of classes 3 to 5,” the government said in the statement.
The officials recommended that classes could be held once or twice a week for students of Class 6 to 8.
