In accordance with the Unlock 5 guidelines issued by the Centre, schools and colleges in the city will reopen with 50 per cent seating capacity after October 15.

But the state government is yet to take a final decision on issuing SOPs for reopening schools for senior classes.

While the Centre has allowed flexibility to state governments to take the final call, most private and government-aided schools are waiting for guidelines from the Education Department on how to operate classes keeping in mind the new Covid-19 safety protocol.

Private schools in the city have opened to full staff; preparations are on to reduce seating and sanitizing the premises ahead of October 15. In government schools, sanitization is being done twice a day to ensure the safety of staff.

The state government may have additional SOPs regarding the reopening of schools, Centre guidelines such as maintaining 50 per cent seating capacity and attendance not being mandatory may be implemented as such.

Satinder Bir Singh, DEO (Secondary), Amritsar stated ‘’ “The Education Department will soon release the SOPs for the reopening of schools for Classes IX to XII. While parents’ permission is required to allow kids to attend school, there will be an option for students to keep attending online classes as per their choice. The education secretary, too, has been working out details on the issue and we are expecting that the guidelines will be issued in a day or two”.

The city does not have any designated containment zones and the number of cases being reported in the city, too, has seen a decrease recently.

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