The Odisha government Friday announced the reopening of schools for students of classes 11 and 8 from October 21 and 25, respectively. The School and Mass Education department also issued detailed SOPs for the resumption of physical classes. Classroom teaching for students of classes 9 and 12 is already underway with strict adherence to safety guidelines. Schools had been closed from October 9 for Durga Puja and Kumar Purnima. “A notification will be issued soon,” School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash told reporters. A decision on the reopening of schools for classes 1to 7 is yet to be finalised.
