Classroom teaching for classes 6 and 7 students resume in Odisha

Bhubaneswar: Physical classes for 6th and 7th standard students resumed in Odisha on Monday after almost a gap of more than 18 months.

In view of the Covid-19 outbreak, classroom teaching for classes 6 and 7 students had been suspended since March 2020.

The schools reopened for classes 6 and 7 students with strict adherence to the Covid guidelines and Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) prepared by the Odisha school and education department, reported IANS.

The classes started at 9.30 am and continued till 1 pm. The classes will continue on all days excluding Sundays and public holidays.

The classrooms have been sanitized prior to reopening.

“After doing thermal scanning and ensuring wearing of masks, students have been allowed to attend school. After completion of teaching, they were allowed to go home at 1 pm,” IANS quoted Rajeswari Raypritiam, headmistress, Unit 8 Boy’s High School as saying.

The students are allowed to attend the classes either through online or offline mode in consultation with their parents.

Attendance is not mandatory for students in offline mode classes.