Banaras Hindu University to reopen from today in a phased manner; Check details here

Each faculty will constitute a core committee for developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to be followed during the reopening of the University and for its effective implementation and monitoring.

Banaras Hindu University (BHU) is all set to reopen from today; i.e. November 23, 2020, after a gap of nearly seven months in a phased manner. BHU has also formed committees for the implementation and monitoring of UGC guidelines or SOPs issued by the government. These committees will assess the situation periodically.

The decision to further reopen the departments of other streams will be taken as per the situation. Students, teachers, and staff who are living in the containment zones will not be allowed to enter university premises. The University will allow final year students of PhD programs of science streams to visit their respective departments or labs for research work in the first phase. 

“The University is going to re-open in a phased manner in terms of the UGC guidelines in this regard from November 23. In the first phase, the final year students of PhD programmes of Science streams will be permitted to visit their respective departments/labs for their research work. Core Committees are being constituted for implementation and monitoring of guidelines/SoPs,” the notice read.

Each faculty will constitute a core committee for developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to be followed during the reopening of the University and for its effective implementation and monitoring. “The SoP shall be based on the MoHFW/MHA/MoE/State government’s guidelines on safety measures for prevention of the spread of COVID-19,” it added.

Earlier, Monika Garg, Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education, circulated an order to all the registrars of universities in which she has asked the higher educational institutions to resume classes in a phased manner.

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