With the number of corona cases within control the Bengal Government was planning to open schools post October after Durga Puja, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Thursday. “The Government is considering opening of the schools after the Durga Puja,” the Chief Minister said adding “we are trying to ensure regular classes but at present it seems that the schools can be reopened after the Puja vacations with alternate day classes.”
She said that “the educational institutions would open with fullest observation of corona protocols.” The Chief Minister however would not say that whether the college and universities too would open simultaneously.
The Chief Minister’s announcement comes at a time when the country is expecting the Third Wave of the corona pandemic.