Goa: Schools to follow MHA advisory, closed till May 3

TNN | Updated: Apr 21, 2020, 07:37 IST

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PANAJI: Most schools across Goa will continue to remain shut until May 3, as they have decided to go with the guidelines issued by the Union ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), in the absence of any other instructions from the state government. From Tuesday, colleges will become operational with only principals and non-teaching staff reporting to work.
While schools in some pockets across the state summoned teachers to work from Monday, the move was resisted by teachers. Heads of school had sought clarity from the directorate of education, from whom no official instructions had come until late evening on Monday. This led to institutions deciding to put off preparation of results for the academic year 2019-20 for now, or to instruct their teachers to continue preparing them at home.
“When teachers pointed out to heads of their school that even if the directorate of education issues instructions, it cannot contradict the MHA guidelines, the school heads agreed to keep the schools shut,” said a teacher.
Some heads of schools clarified that on Monday they had summoned teachers only to submit marksheets . “When board exams have been kept on hold, internal school results can surely be put of. The pandemic Act has been invoked and these are unusual circumstances,” said another teacher from South Goa.