Classroom teaching resumes in strict adherence to COVID-19 protocolsThe schools that remained closed in the wake of coronavirus pandemic were reopened on Monday, after a gap of about 17 months. The schools, many of them renovated under the ‘Mana Badi Nadu-Nedu scheme, saw a thin attendance on the first day. With the government directing to reopen schools from Monday, classroom teaching resumed in strict adherence to the COVID-19 protocols. Around 44,500 government schools were reopened and classroom teaching resumed for the higher classes. Books distributedMeanwhile, the Education Department officials distributed books, bags and other material to students in all schools in the State under the ‘Jagananna Vidya Kanuka’.

Source: The Hindu August 16, 2021 20:31 UTC