Odisha Withholds Decision To Reopen Primary Schools amid COVID spike

By: Shree1news, 02 JAN 2022

Bhubaneswar: The state government on Sunday announced that the decision to reopen primary schools for students in Std I to V, has been suspended.

The decision was taken in view of a sudden surge in new cases of COVID-19 throughout Odisha over the past days, the school and Mass schooling department said.

After rigorous discussions and meetings with senior officers, and basing on their reviews following several tours to schools, the decision to suspend reopening/physical classes became taken, the department stated.

in keeping with the previous notification, the primary schools, around 23,000, were to be reopened on January 3 (Monday). other schools, around 3,093 were scheduled for reopening on January 10.

however, the classes for Std VI to Std X will continue as usual and the Summative-I for Matriculation exams might be held as per the time table announced earlier, from January 5 to 8, the department said.