Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gujjar on Tuesday said that no decision has been taken to open the schools for primary classes yet in the state.
The State Government is reviewing the situation and a decision regarding opening schools for class 1st to 5th will be taken accordingly, the Minister told the mediapersons here.
Gujjar said that the government is focusing on COVID-19 vaccination drive and all teachers of government schools are likely to be vaccinated by the end of August.
Notably, the government and private schools for class 9th to 12th had opened on July 16 while schools were opened from July 23 for classes 6th to 8th. The students have been given the option of attending online classes as well.
Haryana Government had on April 16 ordered closure of all schools, colleges, coaching institutions, ITIs, libraries and training institutes whether government or private in the state in view of surge of COVID cases. Meanwhile, to ease the pressure on students, the Board of School Education, Haryana had recently announced to reduce 30 percent syllabus for secondary and senior secondary classes for the academic session 2021-22.