Ludhiana: The education department has directed all private, aided, unaided and government schools to get their teachers tested for Covid-19. The directions were issued on Monday in the wake of increasing novel coronavirus cases, especially in schools. Besides, the department has asked them to appoint a teacher as a nodal officer in every school and a student monitor in each class to ensure compliance of pandemic guidelines.
The department has issued a letter to all the district education officers, principals, heads and block primary education officers to abide by the orders.
The letter states, “Sensing the situation of Covid-19, it is directed to ensure compliance of standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued to schools. To ensure the compliance of the guidelines, each school has to appoint one teacher as the nodal officer and one student from each class as monitor to ensure all rules like wearing masks, maintaining physical distance, among others, are followed. Schools are a