AHMEDABAD: While the government has allowed medical, paramedical and
postgraduate students to attend
physical classes, in the case of
undergraduate courses, including engineering, only final-year students will be allowed to attend classes. The move is to minimize the risk of
Covid-19 infection as it will immensely reduce the class strength and help in taking
social distancing precautions.
Himanshu Pandya, vice-chancellor of
Gujarat University said they are planning to take written consent from parents before allowing the students to attend
college.
“After careful consideration we have taken the decision to reopen undergraduate level colleges only for final-year students. In case of PG courses, the number students are anyway very less in comparison, so social distancing measures can be taken care of,” said Anju Sharma, principal secretary, higher education.
Sudhir Nanavaty, president of
Gujarat State Higher Education in Colleges said that when all other activities have slowly opened up, it was time for educational institutions to re-open.
“For undergraduate courses, the classroom strength can be reduced to one-third as only final year students are allowed to attend,” Nanavati said.