Students queued up at school gates across West Bengal since morning as per the schedule announced by the state government for holding classes in different timings for secondary and higher secondary sections. This segregation was undertaken to minimise mingling to prevent COVID-19's spread
Thermal checks were being carried out as students and teachers entered school
The state education minister has said no student would be forced to attend physical classes
Students of junior and middle schools will continue in the online mode for the time being
Kolkata: After several months, schools across West Bengal reopened on Tuesday (November 16) for students of classes 9-12, with strict COVID-19 restrictions in place. The pandemic had forced schools to stop physical classes. While students of junior and middle schools will continue in the online mode for the time being, state's Education Minister Bratya Basu has said that efforts are on to gradually bring all pupils back to the classrooms.
Most schools in Kolkata and districts of West Bengal undertook massive sanitisation drive and put in place Covid protocols that all students, teachers and non-teaching staff will have to follow. “We have put up signages directing students and teachers on dos and dont’s on the Covid protocols. Outside each classroom there is a sanitiser placed and students will have to undergo temperature checks and sanitise their hands at the entry into the school,” said Lt. Col Brij Bhushan Singh (Retd), Principal, The Bhawanipur Education Society School