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Karnataka to hold full day classes from Feb 1 for class 9, 10 and PUC students

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Jan 28, 2021 09:49 PM IST

The Karnataka government has decided to hold full-day classes for students of classes 9, 10, and first and second year Pre-University across the state from February 1, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar said on Thursday.

The Karnataka government has decided to hold full-day classes for students of classes 9, 10, and first and second year Pre-University across the state from February 1, Primary and Secondary Education Minister S Suresh Kumar said on Thursday.

Karnataka Schools to reopen from January 1(ANI)
Karnataka Schools to reopen from January 1(ANI)

The decision was taken in consultation with the state Technical Advisory Committee for COVID-19, keeping in mind the health and educational future of the students, based on the experience we have gained so far. "We held a discussion with the Health Minister (K Sudhakar) and COVID-19 Technical Advisory Committee members... at the meeting it was decided to start full day classes for class 9, 10, first and second year PUC (class 11 and 12) students from February 1," Suresh Kumar said.

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Speaking to reporters in Bengaluru, he said, the Vidyagama programme, which enables continued schooling for students from classes six to eight, will continue as it is. A decision on starting classes for the other students would be taken after observing the present set up till the second week of next month, he added.

The schools and PUC colleges were shut due to COVID-19 pandemic since early last year. The government had reopened them for class 10 and second year PUC (class 12) students, along with Vidyagama programme for students from standards six to nine, from January 1 with the schools functioning for half day.

The department has said offline or online classes will continue as per choice of students and parents, and the attendance was not compulsory. Kumar said they noticed interest among students in learning and they were preferring regular classes. Also, there had been demand from parents and School Development and Monitoring Committees (SDMCs) to have continued classes.

On an average 75 per cent attendance had been reported in second PUC classes, while it was 70 per cent in class 10, he said, adding Vidyagama classes recorded 45 per cent attendance. Classes were being held as per the standing operating procedure that was prescribed by the technical advisory committee and so far there has been no reports of large scale infection among students and teachers. The Minister also announced that the Secondary School Leaving Certificate (SSLC) examinations for the year would be held from June 14 to 25.

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