Ranchi: Preparations for the matriculation and intermediate examinations to be held by Jharkhand Academic Council (JAC) from May 4 have begun and the JAC chairman on Wednesday said safety of students and examination staff will be their top priority. Around seven lakh students are expected to appear for the examinations.
JAC chairman Arvind Singh said, “All Covid protection norms, including social distancing, wearing of masks and hand sanitization, would be followed. Each centre will have separate rooms for examinees either affected with Covid or having symptoms. Separate arrangement for entry and exit of such students and sanitization of their rooms will be ensured.”
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RANCHI: After testing drives were started at the city’s schools, 25 students of Indira Gandhi Balika Awasiya Vidyalaya (IGBAV) in Bundu were found to be Covid-19 positive in the last 48 hours. Meanwhile, schools across the state capital said they would wait for some time before switching over to offline classes for the new academic session and continue with the online classes amid a surge in the number of fresh cases.
Regional deputy director (education) Arwind Vijay Bilung said, “Tests were conducted at IGBAV after some of the students developed symptoms. Four students were found positive on Wednesday and were isolated within the hostel, but the tally rose to 25 on Thursday after 21 others tested positive through rapid antigen tests.” The reports of many other students are awaited.
Ranchi: The administration on Wednesday started conducting Covid tests in government schools of the district as a precautionary measure. Notably, government schools have started physical classes for students of Class VIII and above from March 1.
A team from the health department covered several schools, such as Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya in Namkum and the government middle school in Pandra, among others.
The regional deputy director of education, Arwind Vijay Bilung, who is also in-charge of the district education office, said, “The residential schools and those with large number of students have been selected for testing during the first phase of the drive.”