As COVID-19 cases are seeing a continuous rise in Gujarat, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani held a meeting and it was decided that school for classes 1 to 9 would be indefinitely shut from Monday (April 5). However, classroom teaching for standards 10 and 12, as well as colleges, would continue.
“All offline classes of standard 1 to 9 in government and private schools will be closed down for an indefinite period from Monday. Online education will be encouraged. The decision was taken keeping in mind safety of students when COVID-19 cases have surged in the state,” a release from the CM’s office said.
Schools and colleges in the state, which were closed since March last year after a lockdown was imposed to tackle the outbreak, were reopened in a phased manner from January this year.
School for classes 10 to 12 and lectures for undergraduate and postgraduate courses in colleges resumed on January 11, which was followed by the resumption of classes 9 and 12 from February 8.