MUMBAI: Colleges in Maharashtra will not reopen for at least a month, said higher and technical education minister Uday Samant on Friday while speaking to mediapersons during an official tour to Vidarbha.
“Reopening colleges means bringing large groups of students together and if this happens, the third wave is inevitable. If the third wave comes, students may suffer. Their parents and others will suffer too,” Samant said. “At present, no provision has been made to reopen colleges for at least a month,” he added.
This statement comes at a time when the state has been planning to reopen schools in Covid-free rural areas in a few weeks. Schools in regions with no active cases can reopen offline for classes VIII to XII, said the school education department.
