Bandh worry on day of school reopening Parents are anxious that in-person classes might be hampered if the strike disrupts transport Thousands of students who are set to return to school after almost a year went to sleep with uncertainty as Left parties have called a 12-hour bandh on Friday. The state government has allowed schools, which have been shut since March last year as a precaution against Covid, to reopen for Classes IX to XII from February 12. Parents are anxious that going to school on Day 1 after resumption of in-person classes might be hampered if the bandh disrupts transport.