Offline teaching in schools for class 6 to 8 to resume from February 18 in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Offline teaching in schools across Gujarat for class 6 to 8 will resume from February 18. Online teaching will continue. All guidelines and Standard Operating Protocols effective for class 9-11 will be effective as well for class 6-8. The government had earlier reopened offline teaching for class 10 and 12 and 9 and 11 in phased manner.

Attendance will not be compulsory for students, though, and online classes will continue.

Physical classes for these students across schools of all boards will resume with strict adherence to the Centre’s COVID-19 norms and guidelines issued by the state government.

Attendance at schools will be voluntary, and parents’ consent will be necessary for students who wish to attend. Online classes will continue for those who do not wish to attend physical classes.

Schools in containment zones will remain closed.

Masks will be mandatory for students, teachers and other staff.

Classes 10 to 12 and final-year classes of undergraduate and postgraduate courses resumed from January 11, followed by Classes 9 and 11 on February 1 and first-year college classes from February 8.

According to the state government, the number of students in Classes 9 to 12 has gradually increased from 40 per cent to 70 per cent after resumption.

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