No panic in schools

Bhaskar said the attendance in every class was nearly 95 per cent. “As we have already told all parents about the care to be taken in case their child catches cough,cold or fever,there is no confusion among parents,” she said.

“We have asked our students not to go in public places like shopping malls or cinema halls. In school too,we are avoiding crowding of students. We are giving instructions without assembling the students together,” she said. “We are virtually screening every student if he/she has caught cough,cold or fever,” she added.

Leena Chaudhari,principal of Symbiosis School said the school authorities had been instructing the students on how to increase the resistance power. “We have reopened after a week’s gap but we had almost full attendance in every class. The parents are very cooperative and are following the instructions properly,” she said.

“We have been told by the authorities that henceforth if a case gets detected in the school,the particular class only should be shut. We are following the guidelines,” said Bhaskar.

Meanwhile,the secondary education department of the Pune Zilla Parishad will be reviewing the 11 schools where swine flu patients were detected on Wednesday.

Secondary education officer Prakash Parab told The Indian Express that the department would review the 11 schools – Abhinav,Symbiosis,Seva Sadan,Vivekanand,Vidya Valley,Springdale,Late Annabhau Patil,St Anne’s,DES,New India and Vikhe- Patil Schools.

The education department has also called a meeting of city school principals on Wednesday at 11 am at Yashwantrao Chavan Auditorium to discuss the further action to be taken by the schools. “The education department has decided to hold a meeting of school principals in the backdrop of panic prevailing in the city especially among the parents,” said Parab.