Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar on Thursday said that the classes from I to V in schools can be resumed in August if the COVID-19 situation remains under control.

The State Government has already allowed students from class VI to XII to attend schools while giving them an option to continue attending online classes, he said. Gujjar while talking to the mediapersons after holding a meeting with various teaching and non-teaching organizations of government and government aided colleges here said that a target has been set to implement national education policy completely in the state by 2025.

Apart from this, an in-principle agreement has been implemented to include NCC as an elective subject in colleges and a committee has been constituted for its implementation, he said.

The Education Minister said that in the meeting, the demands of Haryana Private College (Aided College) Non Teaching Employees Union, Haryana Government Aided College Principal Association, College Teacher Association, Haryana Government College Teacher Association, All Government College, Ministerial Staff Association, Association of Extension Lecturer were discussed. Kanwar Pal informed that some associations have raised issues related to delay in college admission through online portal. Last year there was some delay in admissions due to the Corona pandemic but this time there will be no such problem, he assured.

He said that this portal would soon be linked with the Parivar Pehchan Patra so that it would be easy for the students to get various facilities including scholarships.

He further directed the officials to simplify the admission process in the second and third year of graduation.