Chennai: Tamil Nadu has witnessed a sudden surge in COVID-19 circumstances over the previous few days. In view of this surge, the state authorities on Saturday (March 20) ordered the closure of schools for courses 9, 10 and 11 from March 22 till additional orders.
However, they will proceed to perform for the twelfth normal college students as they’ve to seem for the board examinations that will begin as planned.
Notifying the closure, the federal government stated the director of public well being and preventive drugs has beneficial that it will not be advisable to proceed courses for 9, 10 and 11 from the well being perspective as there was an increase in COVID-19 circumstances.
With regard to twelfth normal, the director stated the scholars might be permitted to attend faculty as their numbers would be lesser they usually have to sit for the board examination with strictly adherence to preventive measures such as sporting of masks and sustaining social distancing.
“The government of Tamil Nadu hereby order that schools shall be closed for classes 9th, 10th and 11th with effect from March 22 until further orders,” state Chief Secretary Rajeev Ranjan stated within the order.
However, on-line or digital mode of training shall proceed for courses 9, 10 and 11, he stated. Further, hostels too would be closed.
Announcing relaxations in lockdown guidelines, the federal government had permitted the reopening of schools for 10 and 12 courses from January 19 this yr and for 9 and 11 from February 8 after a yr, allowing additionally the re-opening of hostels for these college students.
The authorities allowed conducting board exams for class 10 aside from Tamil Nadu State Board as scheduled by these boards moreover conduct of particular courses to college students showing for the board examination for class 10 and likewise the functioning of hostels for these college students.
While lecturers and college students had been discovered contaminated at a college in Chennai, about 55 college students moreover a instructor at a ladies’ faculty in Thanjavur had been admitted to the federal government hospital just lately after testing constructive for COVID-19.
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