Following surge in Covid-19 cases in Delhi, students will continue to attend virtual classes and this was confirmed by the Delhi Government on Thursday.
It announced that students of any class should not be called to schools physically in the new academic session till further orders. The Directorate of Education (DoE) also told schools that teaching and learning activities, which started on April 1, for students should continue through digital mode for academic session 2021-22.
“It is clarified that students of any class should not be called physically in school for the academic session 2021-22 till further orders,” the DoE said in an official order.
Schools in Delhi were closed in March last year ahead of a nationwide lockdown to contain spread of novel coronavirus. While several States partially reopened schools in October, the Delhi Government let schools to reopen for students in Classes 9 to 12 for practical works and remedial lessons, from January 18 to February 5.
“It is reiterated that the students of classes 9 to 12 (session 2020-21) may be called to school only for providing the academic guidance and support to the students for mid-term exams, pre-board exams/ annual exams/ board examinations, practical exams, project work, internal assessment following the Standard Operating Procedure for COVID safety and with the consent of the parents,” the DoE added.