Ranchi: From RT-PCR
tests, frequent sanitisation to ensuring there’s proper social distancing among students, the
residential schools in Ranchi are taking all possible measures to keep the virus at bay in their respective premises.
Ever since the government gave the green signal to reopen schools for Class X and XII board examinees, schools like Vikas Vidyalay, for example, have made it compulsory for the pupils to get themselves tested for Covid-19 48 hours prior to their entry. Ratnesh Kumar, an official at the school, said a residential doctor ensures this before allowing any student in.
Ensuring social distancing is not an issue for the school either as it has plenty of rooms and every student has his/her own room. The entire campus is fumigated frequently and the authorities have installed sanitisers at various points for the students. Signs have been put up across the campus, asking everyone to maintain social distancing.
Taurian World School, located on the outskirts of the city, has put in place an elaborate plan that ranges from checking its students’ temperature at regular intervals to making them practise yoga and exercise to build up their immunity.
School principal Dr Subhash Kumar said, “As soon as the directive regarding reopening schools was issued by the government, we devised a plan to ensure safety on campus. A task force was set up which outlined the requirements that need to be fulfilled once the school reopens. Our priority was to take care of every one’s health on campus, besides covering the syllabus of the board exams.”
The school has refrained from filling up its hostels at full capacity and it sanitises the students’ hands and bags as soon as they come to school from hostels on bus.
W John Multipurpose School said all the measures issued by state government and the Council for the Indian School Certificate Examinations are being followed at their hostels.
Schools said that even though 80% of the parents had given consent to send their children to school, only 65% have turned up so far.