As a result, some schools are likely to reopen only on Monday. Schools which were closed in March owing to the COVID-19 pandemic are reopening after nine-and-a-half months. “Several sanitisation agencies are charging per square feet and it is becoming an expensive affair. It would help if the BBMP can help us with sanitisation of the classrooms and school buildings,” he said. Explaining the plight of government schools, Basavaraj Gurikar, vice-president, All India Teachers’ Federation, said that the State government had not provided any funds for sanitisation of classrooms or schools.

Source: The Hindu December 30, 2020 17:37 UTC