Puducherry: All schools across Puducherry and Karaikal re-opened on Wednesday for full-day classes after being closed in view of the pandemic. The students from standard 1 to 12 would have classes as per school timings on all six days, Monday to Saturday, of the week, Director of School Education T Rudra Goud said in a press release.
The institutions remained shut from March last year in the light of the COVID-19 situation. But, the government let students appearing for Class 10 and class 12 public exams to attend classes for clearance of doubts and clarification on the subjects since October 6 last. The students attended the classes after presenting consent letters from their parents.
The territorial government re-opened colleges on December 17 for students of final year classes in arts and science colleges.
Lieutenant Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan visited the schools in and around Puducherry over the last few days to re-start the noon meal and breakfast schemes.
She partook in…