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Mumbai schools will not reopen from Monday – November 23 as was ordered. BMC has announced that all schools in the city would remain closed till December 31. Schools in other districts, however, would reopen.

Even as schools across Maharashtra gear up to reopen after nearly 8 months, schools in Mumbai will not reopen on November 23. Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has decided to keep schools closed in the city till December 31, 2020. The city’s administration has taken the decision to keep the schools closed based on the assessment of the local conditions where the number of cases continue to rise. Schools in other parts of Maharashtra would reopen from Monday – November 23 as directed by the state government for students of classes 9 to 12.

With the cases flooding in the city, BMC has declared that all schools under the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai would stay shut till December 31. “Coronavirus cases are on the ascent in the city. A few schools were utilized as testing and isolate offices in the midst of the pandemic. To forestall additionally spread of the contamination, we have chosen to keep schools shut till December 31,” Mumbai Mayor Kishori Pednekar said. Concerning schools in different pieces of the state, Maharashtra Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad has explained that the choice rests exclusively with the neighborhood bodies.

Then, schools in different pieces of the state can be returned if the nearby conditions are good, affirmed the authority. The choice to return the schools in the state was taken by the State Government a week ago. The announcement comes as an alleviation to numerous guardians in Mumbai who were worried about returning to schools from November 23.

The state government has given rules, SOPs for understudies, and educators for leading classes. All the schools that will open on Monday for classes 9 to 12 are getting cleaned, by following the rules. Neighborhood common specialists are helping the schools to get it totally purified.

Also, the schools that will return one week from now should follow wellbeing, cleanliness, and other security precautionary measures when classes. Likewise, composed assent from guardians is vital for youngsters with respect to participation.

State Government has additionally commanded that all instructors who might be going to the school must go through an RT-PCR test between November 17 and November 22, 2020, in front of the school resuming. School Education Minister Varsha Gaikwad has additionally demanded that just a single youngster will be permitted to sit on a solitary seat and classes will be hung on substitute days.