Coimbatore: High and higher secondary schools in the district are all set to welcome Class X and XII students from Tuesday.
The schools were cleaned and fumigated on Monday. “Apart from cleaning schools, instructions were given to school managements to paste notices explaining about the measures needed to be taken to prevent Covid-19 infection. As the state government has limited class size to 25 students per classroom, schools are revising seating arrangements,” said an official with the school education department.
There are 635 high and higher secondary schools in the district. “Students will be allowed to enter only after body temperature screening and using hand sanitizer. They should wear mask. Teachers have been instructed to monitor students, especially during the break hours, to prevent them from crowding or sharing food.”
The schools were asked to get consent letter from parents, which state that they are well aware of the Covid-19 pandemic and are willing to send their ward to school. “While some schools are planning to distribute the letters to the students on Tuesday to get signature of parents, others have already sent the letters through WhatsApp to parents,” the official said.
While the schools are allowed to function six days a week, they are not allowed to conduct special classes beyond working hours, he said. “The schools will distribute multivitamin tables to students from Tuesday.”
Some private schools have scheduled classes for Class X and Class XII students 30 minutes apart, said R Vishalakshi, president of the Tamil Nadu Private Matriculation Schools’ Association. “This is to prevent crowding while conducting body temperature screening. Now that each classroom will have only 25 students, we would need more teachers to handle classes and depending upon the availability of teachers, a timetable will be prepared.”