As the situation improved over time, the state government allowed schools and colleges to resume offline classes but pre-schools and anganwadis (rural child care centres) remained shut considering the safety of children.
Gujarat School Reopening: Amid the declining cases of the novel coronavirus, the government of Gujarat has allowed anganwadi centres, pre-schools and kindergartens to reopen across the state for the first time in nearly two years.
Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel has taken this decision after reviewing the COVID-19 situation, according to Education Minister Jitu Vaghani.
The minister said, "This is for the first time in the last two years of the pandemic when pre-schools and anganwadis will be reopened.”
After March 2020, Gujarat imposed lockdown across the state asking all educational institutions to stop holding offline classes at their premises.
As the situation improved over time, the state government allowed schools and colleges to resume offline classes but pre-schools and anganwadis (rural child care centres) remained shut considering the safety of children.
The education minister informed, "The chief minister has given a go-ahead to reopen pre-schools, kindergartens and anganwadis in Gujarat from February 17. They remained shut for almost two years.”
Children would not be forced to attend offline classes. Parent’s consent is mandatory to sending children to pre-schools, kindergartens and anganwadis.
"From February 17, anganwadis and pre-schools can start imparting education at their premises by following the SOPs issued earlier. Officials handling anganwadi operations and owners of pre-school classes need to make necessary arrangements to restart the education," the minister said.
Stating further that toddlers have suffered a significant loss of education amid the closure of pre-schools in the last two years, he added, "The state government is preparing an action plan to overcome this issue of learning loss in children as they will take admission in standard 1 without getting any pre-school education.”
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