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A student has his temperature checked at Sekolah Kebangsaan Cator Avenue, Ipoh as schools reopen March 1, 2021. Picture by Farhan Najib
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KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 Following the reopening of schools earlier this week, health experts contacted by
Malay Mail have agreed that there is a risk of students bringing home the Covid-19 virus, and in turn infecting members of their multi-generational families especially endangering the elderly, who make up the bulk of Covid-19 -related deaths.
While there is a consensus that schools should be reopened to allow students to catch up on the education they have missed out on due to multiple school closures in the past 12 months, the experts, however, suggested ways to minimise the risk of infection.
Family members celebrate as they embrace a relative, one of the released kidnapped schoolgirls, in Abuja, Nigeria, Saturday, May 20, 2017. The 82 Nigerian schoolgirls recently released after more than three years in Boko Haram captivity reunited with their families for the first time Saturday, as anxious parents looked for signs of how deeply the extremists had changed their daughters lives.
Nearly 300 Kidnapped School Girls in Nigeria Have Reportedly Been Released
The girls were abducted by over 100 gunmen from their boarding school a week ago.
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The state government issued SOPs to be followed
To ensure safety, the classes will be regularly sanitized
New Delhi: Primary schools in UP are all set to open from March 1. Guidelines have been issued to safely resume schooling for classes 1 to 5.
Earlier in February, Primary Education Officer Yogendra Kumar made the announcement that schools would be reopening. He said, “The government ordered reopening schools from February 10 for classes 6 and 8, including all government and private schools in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad.”
Later on Additional Chief Secretary (Basic Education) Renuka Kumar to the DG of Basic Education Department confirmed what the Primary Education Officer said and added that the Primary schools will be reopening from March 1.
Feb 28, 2021, 12:17 IST
Andhra Pradesh Education Minister Adimulapu Suresh refuted the rumours of schools being closed from March. A fake circular stating that - schools in the state will be shut from March and holidays have been declared for all the educational institutions from March 1 to May 4 as the number of coronavirus cases have been increasing - went viral on social media. This news broke out after some of the districts in Maharashtra announced lockdown and Jalna district announced that the schools and colleges will be closed till the end of March.
Andhra Pradesh was the first state in the country to reopen the schools in a phased manner. Adimulapu Suresh clarified that the, “The syllabus has been condensed and the academic calendar has also been issued. We are at a stage where schools and colleges have almost returned to normalcy. Yet, fake news like this is becoming viral.”