Students from 9th to 12th standard on Monday attended schools in Kashmir Valley amid COVID-19 protocol.The schools are opening in staggered manner and many schools have applied an odd-even formula which entails having only 50% of students on campus on any given day.Teachers of the elementary classes (up to class 8) have been asked to attend the schools from March 1 for preparation while students shall physically attend the classes from March 8In the revised guidelines on COVID containment measures issued in January this year, the administration had allowed schools, colleges, higher educational institutions, technical or skill development institutions to reopen from February 1.The government has time and again stressed that the notified Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) guidelines shall remain unaltered and shall be followed in “letter and spirit”.
