Summary:
With the educational institutions remain shut, the government has decided to go ahead with the entrance exam for undergraduate professional courses.
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Amid the other states planning to reopen schools and colleges, the Kerala government decides to let the schools and colleges remain close.
The government has released revised COVID-19 guidelines, enforcing further restrictions in areas with a high positivity rate and relaxation in some of the curbs in other places.
Educational institutions, however, will remain shut in all areas and only online teaching-learning will be permitted, according to an order by the Disaster Management Department of the state.
“Schools, colleges, tuition centres, cinema theatres, in-house dining in hotels and restaurants etc.
will not be permitted.
Malls can be permitted to open only for online delivery.
Educational institutions can be opened for imparting online education only,” the order reads.
While Kerala has decided to keep schools shut, some states have permitted the resumption of offline teaching-learning activities, following a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases.
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