With several States reopening primary and secondary schools adhering to Covid protocols after a gap of almost 18 months, the Centre on Tuesday reviewed the situation for the normal restoration of the school education system which suffered for almost two full academic sessions and online education became the norm.
Giving utmost priority to the safety of the children. Union Education Minister Dharmedra Pradhan, who convened the meeting to review the status of school reopening, also sought the status of vaccination of teachers and non-teaching staff across the country.
As per data shared by the Education Ministry, over 92 per cent of
teaching staff have been vaccinated. In the institutions under the Central Government, over 96 per cent of teaching staff have been vaccinated against Covid.
The Government had prioritised the vaccination of teaching and non-teaching staff in schools to ensure a safe environment for reopening schools. A majority of States like Delhi, Bihar, Punjab have already opened the schools for all the classes.
Ministry officials said Pradhan has been regularly monitoring the vaccination progress of teaching staff and non-teaching staff to ensure enabling environment for schools to move towards reopening. He stressed upon the need to restore normalcy and vibrancy in the educational institutions in wake of rapid vaccination at scale happening in the country.
“Reviewed the vaccination progress of teaching and non-teaching personnel of schools, institutions and skill centres associated with the education and skilling ecosystem,” Pradhan said on Twitter.
“With rapid vaccination at-scale in the country, we are looking at a future with restored normalcy and vibrancy in our schools and other educational and skilling institutions,” he added.