Considering the views of parents, the Tamil Nadu government on Thursday reversed its move to reopen schools from November 16 for classes 9-12 and said they shall continue to remain shut. While colleges were also previously scheduled to function from November 16, the government said colleges and varsities shall resume from December 2 only for research scholars and final year post-graduate students of science and technology streams.
“The opening of colleges for all other courses will be announced later,” the government said in an official release. However, hostels would be opened only for those students who shall continue studies from next month. Disclosing the outcome of state-wide consultations held with parents of private, government and aided schools on November 9 on starting classes for the 2020-21 academic year for higher standards, the government said the opinion was divided.
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