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West Bengal Schools, Colleges Closed Amid Omicron Fear
Schools Closed In West Bengal: All schools, colleges and other educational institutions in West Bengal will be closed tomorrow onwards, Chief Secretary of the state HK Dwivedi announced on January 2.
Edited by Bishal Kalita | Updated: Jan 2, 2022 4:21 pm IST
Schools, colleges closed in West Bengal amid Omicron fear (representational)
West Bengal Schools Closed: All schools, colleges and other educational institutions in West Bengal will be closed tomorrow onwards, Chief Secretary of the state HK Dwivedi announced on January 2. This is one of the many measures announced by the state government today, in view of the current COVID-19 situation.
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The decision to close schools was taken after reviewing the current Covid situation in the state and amid concerns of the first-spreading Omicron verient, a government statement said.
“All academic activities in schools, colleges and universities shall remain closed. Only administrative activities shall be permitted with 50% of employees at a time,” the government order reads. West Bengal is the second state in the country to completely shut down educational institutions this month. Earlier this week, the Delhi government had decided to close all educational institutions to contain the spread of the new variant.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday asked officials to review the overall COVID-19 situation in the state and suggested schools, colleges might be shut down for some time if the situation demands.
"COVID-19 cases are on the rise... there are a few Omicron cases also. So, review the situation in the state. We may consider closing down schools and colleges for some time," Ms Banerjee had told officials at the meeting.
Two days later, on December 31, West Bengal School Education Department asked teachers and non-teaching staffers having cough, cold or mild fever to not attend schools till they test negative for COVID-19.
West Bengal reported 4,512 new COVID-19 cases yesterday. The number of active cases in the state is 13,300 which is the third-highest in the country after Maharashtra and Kerala.The Bhubaneswar state government on Sunday changed its mind by postponing the earlier decision of reopening of primary schools (Class I to Class V) for offline classes from January 3. It adopted this move in view of increasing Covid cases in the state.
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Bhubaneswar: The state government on Sunday changed its mind by postponing the earlier decision of reopening of primary schools (Class I to Class V) for offline classes from January 3. It adopted this move in view of increasing Covid cases in the state.
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Sunday changed its mind by postponing the earlier decision of reopening of primary schools (Class I to Class V) for offline classes from January 3. It adopted this move in view of increasing Covid cases in the state.On Tuesday, the school and mass education department had decided to reopen around 23,000 schools for students of Class I to Class V from January 3. The remaining 3,093 primary schools were planned to reopen from January 10. It had even issued a standard operating procedure (SOP) for this purpose.
On the very next day, the director of medical education and training (DMET) on Wednesday stated that the decision on school reopening may be revoked in view of the rising cases of Covid-19 and Omicron fear.
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