Pune schools reopen: Students of classes 1-7 will be going to school in Pune from today ( December 16) onwards. The announcement about the reopening of schools was earlier made by the Pune Municipal Corporation.
“We have decided to resume classes for standard I to VII in the Pune Municipal Corporation area from December 16. Parents should take note of this,” Pune Mayor Murlidhar Mohol said in the order.
Besides Pune, schools in Mumbai also reopened for classes 1 to 7 on 15 December. They were shut for around 20 months. The reopening of schools, however, will be done phase-wise, as per report.
It was earlier reported that the schools for Classes 1 to 7 in Mumbai and Pune would reopen on December 15 in place of December 1. The Maharashtra government had earlier issued fresh guidelines ahead of reopening of schools in the state on December 1, 2021. “The government is sensitive to the possibility of a third wave and no laxity in implementation of SOPs will be permitted. Our students are our future. Let us all come together to ensure their health, wellbeing and continued education,” Maharashtra education minister Varsha Gaikwad had said in a tweet at that time.
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