Pune colleges delay reopening until Thursday

While the state government directive states that colleges,which had shut down owing to the swine flu scare,can be reopened on Tuesday,several higher education institutes in the city have decided to begin classes only on Thursday after a 10-day break.

Although as per the government directive,we were to reopen on Tuesday,the next day is a holiday as it is the Parsi New Year. Thus,we will begin classes from Thursday, said Milind Kulkarni,spokesperson for Vishwakarma Institute of Technology VIT. All colleges and institutes of Maharashtra Institute of Technology MIT will reopen on Thursday after the swine flu break,said L K Kshirsagar,principal of MIT. Fergusson and Wadia College too will open its doors on Thursday.

However,College of Engineering Pune COEP will reopen on Monday. We had closed the college even before the government came up with the instruction on August 10. We have decided to begin classes from Monday after a break of nearly two weeks, said Dr Anil Sahasrabuddhe,director,COEP.

All postgraduate colleges of Symbiosis International University SIU will begin from Wednesday. Only Symbiosis School will reopen on Thursday, said SB Mujumdar,founder-director of SIU.