CHANDIGARH: The Punjab government on Monday announced to reopen all the government, aided and non-aided colleges including all the government and private universities from January 21.
All the higher educational institutes have been directed to follow the guidelines issued by the state government regarding Covid-19 from time to time. The higher education department issued detailed instructions to all the universities and colleges in this regard.
The official spokesperson of the government has said that as per the guidelines, the institutions have been asked to conduct classes through both offline and online medium and conduct the semester / annual examinations through offline medium only. The students would be allowed to take classes as per their choice and no institute should compel the students to attend the classes physically.
The spokesperson further said that hostels should be opened in the universities and colleges following the instructions. Hostel rooms should be allotted per student or according to the size of the room keeping in view the required distance / safety of the students and priority should be given to final year students at the time of allotment. The mess / canteens etc. should be opened as per the instructions of the health department taking all necessary safety measures.