Osmania University to hold online classes until February 12

Osmania University directed all the colleges affiliated with it to conduct the online classes for the students until the said date. 

Osmania University to continue online classes till February 12

Osmania University has announced that the online classes for the students will not be stopped and will continue until February 12. Osmania University directed all the colleges affiliated with it to conduct the online classes for the students until the said date. 

It must be noted that the Telangana government had earlier decided to reopen the educational institutions from February 1 due to the decrease in the positivity rate. However, Osmania University decided to continue the online classes till February 12 in order to not cause inconvenience to the students.

Along with Osmania University even the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad has also announced that it will conduct online classes for the first and second year of undergraduate students till February 12. Meanwhile, offline classes will be conducted to the third and fourth year of the undergraduate and students of post graduate courses.

The educational institutions in the state had been closed for Sankranti vacations from January 8 to January 18. However, due to the rising number of COVID-19 and its variant Omicron, the state government had on January 16, further extended the holidays till January 30.

The decision to increase the duration of online classes was taken at a meeting with the Principals of the University campus and constituent colleges, and other administrative officers of the University, on Monday.

"The teaching staff including those engaged on contractual and part-time basis will have to attend college duties from January 31. They will take online classes from the college from February 1 onwards. All the staff have been instructed to follow Covid appropriate behaviour and take necessary precautions to curb the spread of infection," the Osmania University press release stated.

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