Most private schools of Ranchi have decided not to resume in-person classes from the new academic session owing to the alarming rise in Covid-19 cases and continue online teaching until the pandemic eases, authorities from leading private schools said on Sunday.
Even though the government allowed resumption of on- campus classes for students in class 8 and above last month itself, many private schools decided to resume in-person classes from the new academic session in April. The government allowed regular classes from March 1, but the number of Covid cases in the state, especially in Ranchi, grew at a significantly high pace since mid-March.
Most schools will not resume classes from Monday Process of seeking parents’ consent still on, association seeks meeting with govt
Several leading private schools of Ranchi will not be resuming regular classes for class 10 and class 12 from Monday as there is a lack of clarity on the number of parents who would be willing to send children to schools amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
Faculty members of Delhi Public School (DPS) and JVM Shyamli, two renowned Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE)-affiliated schools in the city, are holding online meetings with parents to seek their consent. But very few parents have agreed to send their children to school from Monday. Some students, who were staying outside Ranchi during the lockdown, are yet to return, while some parents have shown reluctance in sending children to school due to the fear of contracting Covid-19 infection.