RANCHI: A day after state health minister Banna Gupta said that schools will reopen for Class X and XII examinees soon, school authorities are now talking to teachers and parents on how to go about conducting classes while maintaining the safety norms.
Delhi Public School principal Dr Ram Singh said, “I’d like to thank the state government for giving us the green signal to reopen schools. Any further delay would have resulted in the students lagging behind.” He added, “It is upon the school administration, parents and teachers on how to conduct classes while maintaining the safety norms. We are in touch with the parents in this regard. All the standard operating procedures issued by the government will be followed once we resume classes.”
Jawahar Vidya Mandir, Shyamli principal Samarjit Jana said as soon as the government issues the formal notification with detailed guidelines, he would hold meetings with the parents to ascertain if they are keen on sending their children to school. “There is no point in conducting classes if the attendance is poor. If the parents are not keen on sending their wards to school, an alternative arrangement for face-to-face interaction between the teachers and students would be made,” he added.
He further said, “If the parents agree, we will make sure that all safety norms are maintained. The classes would be sanitized thrice a day while thermal scanning of students will also be done and wearing of masks will be made mandatory.”
Ashutosh Kumar Singh, principal of the government-run Zilla School here, held a meeting with the teachers to draw up a plan for conducting classes. He said, “Since only a few batch of students will be present, we will have enough number of rooms to ensure social distancing in classes. A 60-seater classroom will now accommodate only 18 students and every alternate bench would be left vacant in order to maintain social distancing.” He added, “Both teachers and students are eager to return to school and I have been getting several calls from them for the past few months, asking when exactly classes will resume.”
Ajay Rai of Jharkhand Abhibhawak Manch said that the government must ensure that schools enforce the safety measures.