Another 148 schools in Pune district open,12,580 students back in school

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A day after a number of schools opened for in-person courses for the primary time this tutorial session, following a go-ahead from the Maharashtra authorities, one other 148 schools opened in Pune district on Tuesday, taking the full variety of schools that reopened put up the Covid-19 pandemic to a complete of 346 schools.

About 12,580 students attended courses throughout the 346 schools in Pune district.

While schools situated in areas below Pune and Pimpri-Chinchwad civic our bodies remained shut, in the remainder of the district, schools functioned following social distancing norms for students from Class IX to XII, stated Zilla Parishad Education Officer Ganpat More.

There are a complete of 1,246 schools in Pune district, in which the mixed scholar inhabitants in the 4 courses is almost 2.38 lakh.

“The state government has instructed that RT-PCR tests are mandatory for teachers and the support staff before a school is reopened. Since test reports of many are pending, it is taking time to reopen schools. But we estimate that around 150-200 schools will open daily and by December 1, all schools should have opened, ” stated More.

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