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Centre informs on when to reopen schools amid Covid third wave fear

The main purpose of reopening is to speed up the process of admission and pending examination which means the students will not be asked to attend schools and colleges until the risk of a possible third wave is completely clear.

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As the Covid third wave is expected to come up with more risk of affecting the children, the Central government on Tuesday said the schools – shut since March last year due to pandemic – will only re-open once a significant portion of the population has been vaccinated against Covid-19.

On the question of reopening of schools, the Central government answered that it will consider reopening schools only when the majority of teachers and staff are vaccinated.

What VK Paul has said on School reopening ?

In the official press briefing of the Union health ministry, the Niti Aayog (health) member VK Paul said a lot of things need to be considered while deciding on the reopening schools. This is a question that keeps coming up. He said schools require teachers and children to sit together which gives the virus an opportunity to spread.

Dr Paul’s remarks came in the context of the recent survey of the World Health Organization and AIIMS which revealed that children below the age of 18 years have also developed antibody against Covid-19 and so they may not be impacted by the third wave of the country if any such wave comes.

What is the Covid situation in India ?

India has been witnessing a drop in new Covid cases over the last few weeks after the country hit a global record high with over 4 lakh cases in a day. Several states have started to unlock themselves across the country to reopen the businesses along with the Covid protocol following downward trend of Covid second wave.

What is the status of reopening of schools in India ?

The Central government sources said that the final decision to reopen educational institutes will be taken after reviewing the Covid situation in the country. The govt’s emphasis has been laid on the vaccination of teachers and other staff attached to educational institutions.

The government said the decision on holding classes will not be taken until the situation is better. The main purpose of reopening is to speed up the process of admission and pending examination which means the students will not be asked to attend schools and colleges until the risk of a possible third wave is completely clear.

However, the educational institutions in the country have been closed for more than a year now and as many states have begun their unlock process.  

Some states resumed physical classes after the first wave starting from September 21 last year but in the wake of the second wave, classes switched to the online mode. Considering the pandemic situation, states have cancelled annual examinations, national and all state-level board exams. This time too, the government has also cancelled CBSE and ICSE exams for Class 10 and 12 amid concern that the virus might affect children in the third wave.

Keeping in mind the Covid situation, some states – like Telangana – have said they will re-open schools and colleges. Others, like Delhi and Kerala, have said they will continue with virtual classes for now.

Uttar Pradesh

The State Education Department official PN Singh has said that schools can re-open in Uttar Pradesh from July 1. However, students will not be called to school and only teachers will come and take classes from school.

As per the state’s new guidelines, teachers and staff of basic secondary and higher secondary schools are allowed to attend schools for administrative work.

Bihar

According to Education Minister Vijay Kumar Chaudhary, Bihar may also re-open schools from June 1 onwards because both the state government and education department is in favour of opening schools from July

Delhi

Schools will continue to function in the online mode amid the ongoing Covid pandemic in Delhi.

Madhya Pradesh

The process of admission in Madhya Pradesh has started. However, its Education Minister Inder Singh Parmar has said that a collective decision regarding reopening is yet to be taken.

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Telangana

The Telangana government on Thursday announced that all schools, colleges and other educational institutions can reopen in the state from July 1.

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PM Modi says Congress leaders consider themselves above Lord Ram

PM Modi slammed Congress during a rally in Chhattisgarh, ahead of the Lok Sabha elections 2024

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi slammed the Congress party for declining to attend the pran pratishtha ritual at the Ayodhya Ram temple on January 22 this year.

The prime minister said Congress leaders consider themselves above Lord Ram and denied invitation for Pran Pratishtha at Ram Temple, while speaking at a rally in Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh. The PM question the people present at the rally that is it not a disrespect of Mata Shabri? Congress leaders inclination toward appeasement politics runs in their family.

For political appeasement, they won’t think twice about stealing the rights of Adivasis, the poor, and Dalits. Poor, young, and women are BJP’s top priorities, Modi said.

PM Modi criticized the Congress again during the rally for claiming that the BJP would alter the constitution.

The leaders of Congress recite the same old phrases whenever an election is about to happen, the PM said. He also said they claim that if the BJP wins power, it will renounce the constitution and abolish reservations. For how long will you continue selling lies?” he asked.

The prime minister continued saying that nobody can change the Constitution, even if Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar were to come and insist on it, it wouldn’t happen.

Those in the Congress threaten to break Modi’s head. Nobody can harm Modi as long as the mothers and sisters of this county stands by him. These mothers and sisters are Raksha Kavach, Modi remarked.

The prime minister further attacked the Congress after Viriato Fernandes, the party’s candidate for South Goa, asserted that Goa was forced to adopt the Indian Constitution.

Referring to his conversation with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, Fernandes said he had told him, when Goa was liberated in the year 1961, the Indian Constitution was forced upon us.

The prime minister said, Congress candidate from Goa says Constitution was forced upon Goans; is this not an insult of Ambedkar and Constitution.

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Amit Shah says neither Congress nor Trinamool chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with CAA

Amit Shah revealed the BJP’s target for West Bengal and said they have set a target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal.

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Union home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said neither Congress nor Trinamool Congress chief Mamata Banerjee can interfere with the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). He was speaking at the Karandighi rally in West Bengal where he also made the prediction as to how many seats BJP will win in the Lok Sabha elections in West Bengal.

The union home minister asked the masses to cut the money culture. Amit Shah revealed the BJP’s target for West Bengal and said they have set a target of winning 35 Lok Sabha seats from West Bengal. In 2019 Lok Sabha elections the BJP had won 18 out of 42 seats in West Bengal. He asked Mamata Banerjee, what problem will she have if the Buddhist and Hindu refugees from Bangladesh get citizenship in India?

Shah further added if the people of West Bengal want to stop infiltration in the state, then they will have to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister of India again. He said if the people of West Bengal want to free Bengal of violence, stop infiltration in the state, give citizenship to refugees, to stop disrespecting mothers and sisters of the state as it happened in Sandeshkhali, then  only way is to make Narendra Modi the Prime Minister.

Amit Shah said that PM Modi had sent Rs 7 lakh crore to West Bengal but the TMC indulged in corruption. He said one can see the houses of Trinamool Congress leaders; 10 years ago they used to live in a hut, moved on cycle and now all of them have 4-storey houses and move around in big cars. He added this is the money of people of West Bengal.

The Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), will make it easier for non-Muslim refugees from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Bangladesh to get Indian citizenship, was enacted in 2019. But the rules were notified in March this year by the Centre.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi says listening to Hanuman Chalisa under Congress rule is a crime

PM Modi was addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, on a day as India celebrates Hanuman Jayanti.

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Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday hit out at the Congress and said even listening to Hanuman Chalisa has become a crime under the party’s rule. The Prime Minister also said it was difficult to follow one’s faith under the party and accused it of hatching a deep conspiracy to snatch people’s wealth and distribute it among selected few people in the society. PM Modi was addressing an election rally in Rajasthan’s Tonk-Sawai Madhopur, on a day as India celebrates Hanuman Jayanti.

PM Modi said in a state like Rajasthan where people chant Ram-Ram, Congress banned Ram Navami. He reffered to the redistribution of wealth remarks he had made during a rally in Rajasthan’s Banswara on Sunday and said it has angered the Congress and INDI Alliance so much that they have started throwing abuses at Modi everywhere.

The Prime Minister said that Congress has written in their manifesto that they will survey the wealth. He said the Congress leadership had said in a speech that an X-ray of wealth will be done. He added when Modi exposed the secret then the hidden agenda came out and this has left the people trembling. PM Modi further added that the Congress party has played with the Constitution of the India.

He said when the Constitution was drafted, reservations based on religion were opposed, so that Scheduled Casts (SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) could get protection. He said former Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh had said that Muslims have the first right to the country’s resources.  The prime minister further added Congress’s ideology has always been of appeasement and vote bank politics. He said stones would still be pelted in Jammu and Kashmir, and enemies would still be cutting off the heads of India’s soldiers had Congress been in power.

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