Puducherry school reopening for Classes 1 to 8 deferred

The decision has been taken in view of incessant rains in the Union Territory. Fresh dates to reopen schools for these classes will be announced soon by the government after analyzing the situation.

Pondicherry School Reopening: The education minister of Puducherry A Namassivayam on November 7, 2021, announced that their decision to reopen schools, both government and privately managed, has been put off for now. The decision has been taken in view of incessant rains in the Union Territory. The minister through an official release said that after holding discussions with the officials of the Department of Education that the incessant rains are the immediate reason to put off the date of reopening of schools for Classes 1 to 8. Fresh dates to reopen schools for these classes will be announced soon by the government after analyzing the situation.

Namassivayam said holiday has been declared for Classes 9 to 12 on November 8 and 9. A few days ago, the Puducherry government had announced that all schools would resume offline classes for students of 1 to 8 from November 8. But the incessant rain has necessitated the postponement of the reopening date. "Fresh date would be decided and announced soon," he said in the release.

The decision to reopen schools amid the declining cases of the novel coronavirus was taken adhering to all the COVDI-19 protocols.  A discussion was conducted by the Minister with officials of the Education Department regarding the declining cases of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Union Territory. Analyzing the same, it was decided to allow in-person classes in schools for grade one to eight students. The Union Territory has already commenced offline classes for 9 to 12 from September 1. Classes for students of classes 1, 3, 5 and 7 would be held on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays while the students of grades 2, 4, 6 and 8 would have classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.

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