Mumbai Schools Will be Closed for This Year, might reopen for other parts in Maharashtra from Monday

Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has announced that schools will be closed for the year 2020. 

In view of increasing Covid-19 cases the state body has directed to close the schools for the safety of students and their families. After seeing the examples in Delhi cases, the body has shown its concern towards the public.

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The sudden increase in th cases has grown concerns in both the eyes of the public and the government. Recently, the school education department has permitted the schools to re-open for class IX to XII for clearing the doubts from November 23, 2020.

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The local bodies and BMC changed their decision on November 16, 2020 and declared that schools will remain shut for this year.

The final say for the decision was dependent on the local bodies. In an interview, the school education minister Varsha Gaikwad remarked that the schools will be operated by following the Covid-19 guidelines and precautionary measures.

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It was clear from the statement that they preferred the life of teachers and students over the school curriculum. Teachers had to undergo the PCR Rapid test and parents had to submit their consent letters for sending their students to school.