Bhubaneswar: Offline teaching for classes 1 to 7 in Odisha resumed on Monday after nearly two years.
The students wore masks, their body temperatures were checked with thermal scanners and sanitisers were applied on their hands as they entered the schools, reported PTI.
The government has drawn guidelines, including a week-long rapport building exercise, aimed at creating a stress-free and fun-filled learning environment for the children.
The teachers will prepare a fixed timetable on rapport-building exercises, which will include open discussions for sharing good memories during the pandemic, hobbies, how children felt and what were their activities during the school closure period.
The schools were closed in March 2020 after the coronavirus pandemic struck. Physical classes for higher classes and other educational institutions had begun earlier.
