The State government has decided to reopen the schools from February 1, Minister for Education P. Sabitha Indra Reddy said.
The Minister said the decision was taken keeping in mind the future of the students and said all safety measures would be taken to ensure that virus doesn’t spread. The educational institutions should strictly enforce the COVID norms while the responsibility also lies on parents and teachers to see the children were safe, she added.
The government’s decision comes in the wake of several other States like Tamil Nadu also deciding to open educational institutions and Delhi government arguing strongly in favour of reopening.
The Health department too has suggested that even though the number of COVID cases was rising and it was prevalent across the State the recovery rate too was on the rise as people had mild infections only.
