Close on the heels of re-opening classes for students of standard 9 to 12, Karnataka government has decided to resume classes for students of standard 6 to 8 on September 6.
A decision to this effect was taken at a meeting of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) on COVID-19 that was chaired by Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai in Bengaluru on August 30.
Announcing decisions taken at the meeting, Revenue Minister R. Ashok told mediapersons that classes will be re-opened for the above students only in taluks that have a COVID-19 test positivity rate below 2%.
Classes would be held on alternative days with all COVID-19 precautionary measures, the Minister said while pointing out that attendance should not cross 50%.
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In all, classes would be held five days a week while the remaining two days would have to utilised by school authorities to sanitise class rooms and the premises, he said.
