As the number of Covid cases have reduced, the schools in the city are set to resume with pre-Covid timings from March 2. As per the civic body circular, issued late evening on Friday, all the schools under the purview of the corporation will resume with pre-Covid timing and with full capacity. All teaching and non-teaching staff must be fully vaccinated and students should be encouraged for outdoor sports and other group activities, it states.
Though the masks will be compulsory while attending classes, the exception has been given for sports activities. The parent`s consent is necessary if the child is suffering from comorbidities or chronic illness. Though schools in Mumbai have already started from January 24, most schools have been taking classes for a few hours or alternate days with 50 per cent capacity. Various parents` organisations have been demanding full-day school with physical attendance. Finally, the BMC has taken a call on the reopening of schools with pre-Covid timings.
According to the circular, the temperature of all students will be checked every day before entering the school and 100 per cent attendance of all the teaching-non teaching staff is a must. All the staff must be fully vaccinated. The civic body added that the schools should encourage the students for sports and other group activities in the regular timing of the schools and masks will be exempted during such activities. However, masks are mandatory in classes, premises and school buses. Students are allowed to eat during the mid-break.
The circular also mentioned that parents should not send the student to school if they have a fever, cough, cold and sore throat. The parent`s consent is necessary if the child is suffering from comorbidities or chronic illness. Even schools buses and BEST can run with full capacity as the schools` resume. Guardian Minister Aaditya Thackeray held a meeting with BMC officials on Friday to discuss the resumption of schools.
