Karnataka to hold full-day classes for students of class 9, 10 from Feb 1.
The department has said offline or online classes will continue as per choice of students and parents.
BENGALURU: The Karnataka government has decided to hold full-day classes for students of class 9, 10, and first and second year Pre-University across the state from February 1. The announcement was made by Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar on Thursday (January 28).
The decision was taken in consultation with the state Technical Advisory Committee for COVID-19, keeping in mind the health and educational future of the students, based on the experience we have gained so far. "We held a discussion with the Health Minister (K Sudhakar) and COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee members... at the meeting it was decided to start full-day classes for class 9, 10, first and second year PUC (class 11 and 12) students from February 1," Suresh Kumar said.