BMC asks teachers to go back to Work from Home pattern, discontinues rotational attendance
Mirror Online / Updated: Mar 17, 2021, 10:40 IST
coronavirus cases is once again on a rise in the city, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (
BMC) has asked the teachers of civic-run schools to go back to working from home.
The BMC on Tuesday asked schools to discontinue 50 per cent rotational attendance for teachers and other staff from March 17.
Instead, schools should ask all the teachers to take their classes under the Work from Home pattern using e-learning and online platforms until further notice, the education department of the BMC said.
COVID-19: Work from home for teachers, school staff in THIS city as cases surge - The BMC also issued order asking all schools in its jurisdiction to discontinue 50% rotational attendance rule from March 17.
They have been allowed to conduct exams from January 18 onwards, a BMC official said on Wednesday.
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MUMBAI: The Mumbai civic body has allowed various state, national and international educational boards to conduct exams physically as per their schedule in the city while following all COVID-19 prevention guidelines.
Citing fear of a second COVID-19 wave, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) earlier had deferred the opening of schools and colleges here till January 15. However, it has now decided to permit the boards to conduct their examinations, as not doing so could result in loss of a year for students, the BMC said in its order issued late Tuesday night.
Updated Jan 13, 2021 | 15:07 IST
BMC has permitted educational boards to conduct offline or physical exams in Mumbai Schools from January 18, 2021. Cambridge Schools exams are scheduled to begin from January 23. BMC allows offline exams in Mumbai from Jan. 18 | Photo Credit: iStock Images
Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation, BMC today gave its nod for conducting various board examinations in the city. Allowing the state, national and international education boards to conduct physical exams in the city, the civic body has agreed that not allowing exams could result in loss of a year.
Meanwhile, schools and colleges in Mumbai city under BMC jurisdiction continue to remain closed. As per the last order, schools would remain closed till January 15, 2021. The announcement regarding reopening of schools from January 16 or 18, however, has not been made as yet.
Schools in Mumbai to remain shut till January 15, announces BMC
Mirror Online / Updated: Dec 29, 2020, 19:37 IST
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) announced on Tuesday that
schools in Mumbai will continue to remain shut till January 15, 2021, keeping in mind the COVID-19 situation in the city.
Earlier, the BMC had ordered schools to not reopen until December 31 in the wake of the pandemic.
Since the past few days, the daily case count of COVID-19 patients has been decreasing in Mumbai. However, to ensure that students lives are not risked, the authorities have made the decision to keep schools shut for now.
The permission to reopen schools in major cities including Mumbai, Mumbai suburbs and Thane will be notified only after consultation with the state public health department, Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad had announced earlier.