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Bengaluru: Govt defers decision on reopening schools till end of December

  •   Mon, Nov 23 2020 01:58:35 PM

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Bengaluru, Nov 23: The State Government has deferred a decision on reopening of schools for the current academic year of 2020-21 till the end of December in view of the COVID-19 pandemic situation in Karnataka.

This decision was taken at a high-level meeting chaired by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa held in Vidhana Soudha in Bengaluru on Monday.

The consensus at the meeting, attended by Primary and Secondary Education Minister, Chief Secretary T M Vijaya Bhaskar and other senior officials of the Education and Health and Family Welfare Departments, was in favour of reviewing the COVID-19 pandemic situation in the State at the end of this year.

The decision against reopening of schools and pre-university colleges till December was taken based on the advice of the Technical Advisory Committee for COVID 19, Suresh Kumar said after the meeting.

The committee, in its report to the Chief Minister said that it is not advisable for schools to reopen in December.

“As December is the time for winter, respiratory infections are likely to occur more. Besides, the experts told us that this is the time Karnataka would likely witness a second wave of infections. This is why we decided not to reopen schools any time soon,” the minister said.

Another meeting with the Chief Minister will be held in the third week of December, where a decision will be made.

“The Health Department has suggested that we wait till December to see what the situation is like. We are giving importance to life. It is understandable that students in Class 10 are worried about board exams, but life is more important and we have always prioritised this,” Suresh Kumar said.

He further stated that besides high school students, students between classes 4 and 7 too will now have pre-recorded lessons, which will be aired on Doordarshan Chandana channel. The videos will also be uploaded on YouTube. The project is being called Makkalavani.

Suresh Kumar further stated that the Education Department officials had informed the Chief Minister that a lot of children, especially aged between 13 and 18 years, were dropping out of school and PUC to seek work and support their families.

“This too was discussed. The Health Department said it was better to decide in the third week of December,’’ he added.

He said that so far, the classes were being held on DD Chandana for SSLC students and that the syllabus would be completed by January.

Health and Family Welfare as well as Medical Education Minister Dr S Sudhakar participated in the meeting in the virtual mode.

The State Government did not want to take chances on the lives of teachers, staff and students in view of the COVID 19 pandemic as the total number of positive cases have already crossed the 8.7 lakh mark with Bengaluru urban district accounting for the maximum number of cases.

The Chief Minister earlier participated in the awards presentation function held in the banquet hall of Vidhana Soudha.

Yediyurappa presented the Chief Minister’s medals to the officers and staff of the Karnataka Forests, Wildlife and Environment Department for exemplary work in wildlife protection and conservation of forests during the years 2017, 2018 and 2019.

Forests and Environment Minister Anand Singh, Congress MLA Rizwan Arshad and other senior officials participated in the function.

 

 

 
  

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  • Nitish, Mangaluru

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    We respect the decision of not opening schools for the safety of the students. But what about the 10std students writting board exam and what about the 12th students who have board plus competitive exams, we are under pressure with no clarity. We need clear plan of the govt with regards to portion and date of exams.

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    Which technical committee our politicians listen to or have constituted, will they give us the list of such geniuses who are acting like the world is about to end without their advise just like WHO which created fake pandemic & still many countries have been following their illogical guidelines & strategies which this minor infection doesn't deserve.
    Dear Sirs please listen to now more than 35000 doctors, scientists who had written a declaration stating all the measures suggested by WHO are illogical & uncalled for with an infection which has far lower death rate than that of seasonal flu.
    They have debunked the strategy of lock downs, wearing masks etc. too with evidence backed by data.
    Again I request our politicians to visit Sweden & study what they did & why without any draconian measures they have no waves & no students got infection, spread the infection to their parents & elderly & their economy didn't get hurt for a hoax of a pandemic which is created by WHO to market the vaccines by their mentor Bill.
    They had failed in 2008 as whistleblower exposed their evil design but this time they have succeeded , the muzzle is the first step to keep people in fear until they get the shot & get on permanent list of patients who need medical care & medicines for lifetime.
    Time to Wake Up, lest we or our country will loose freedom to the foreign powers who want an New World Order as we will be dependent on their funds after wrecking our economy listening to their dictats.
    Let people decide their future course of action & let govt. keep off pretending to save our lives with adverse effects of their actions making peoples lives difficult & worst, which is like the medicine proving to be more lethal than disease itself.

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  • Anonynous, Mangalore

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    I literally see you on every forum ranting the same conspiracy theory. You dont have an valid claims , just few people who claim to be whistleblowers have put out this information and im pretty sure you too were influenced by it , cause i myself read about it , and i cant come to a conclusion cause of no valid reports nor any documentation. Yea , its true they can do anything to commercialize and monetise any activity , and most of the officials wont hesitate to create speculations when it comes to health , vaccines etc. But go on communicating the same information to others with validating your claims . Validate your facts by giving evidences, or else your claims are just mere words. I believe even if they open schools , its upto the parents if they want them to go . Stay safe , follow the safety protocols and if you still dont beleive wearing a mask helps you , atleast wear it for the people around you .

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  • Dev, Mangalore

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    I too am seeing you always hiding behind anonymity.
    Coming to the point of conspiracy is past now, what they said in 2015 & again in 2017 is reality now.
    Validate what? Just being ignorant & not finding data is your problem. Did you got your validations from WHO or Fake media?
    Is Sweden on Mars? Why were you unable to get real data of deaths in the past years & compare them to this years?
    Why whistleblowers like Julian Assange & Snowden proved right later? Why no govt. would give them amnesty if they have nothing to hide.
    Now give evidence that mortality rate of corona is more than that of flu? You are still brain washed by fake media & what I want is same- parents & kids are responsible to take a decision & govt. shouldn't interfere rather they should facilitate those who want the schools & colleges open instead of imposing their illogical unscientific decisions on 100% of the people. This is the difference between democracy & autocracy.
    Many like you think are more intelligent & knowledgeable than 35000 doctors & scientists in that field who know what real epidemic or pandemic is.

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  • Veeramani Velayudhan, Mangalore

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    Rumors are arising that second wave is in progress at Maharastra, Delhi, Gujarath and Tamilnadu. Today our Honorable Prime Minister supposed to chair virtual session with these states CM's . At this juncture it is not advisible to make our children to be COVID by sending them to school . Nothing will happen by postponing one year academic year. Let the government take the decision to postpone academic year 2020-2021

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Mumbai

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    We can directly open schools in June 2021 ...

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  • Anita, Mangalore

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    Jossey, i agree with you anyways whole year is wasted what can can they do in 2 months of school let them start it in june

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  • Rahul, Kinnigoli, kateel

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    Do not remember open the schools till February

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  • NISAR, UDUPI

    Mon, Nov 23 2020

    GOOD DECISION 👍

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