Assam: Schools, Colleges Reopened From Today

Schools and colleges reopened today! Already, Assam Education department issued a "supplementary Standard Operating Procedure (SOP)" and has allowed reopening of educational institutions for the final year students of higher secondary, graduation and post-graduation. For reopening, the institutions are focusing on two criteria -- will of the students to attend the classes and the COVID-19 positivity rate in particular districts. Among a plethora of restrictions and guidelines (attached with the report), the SOP also specified that each section will have only 30 students and the class teachers will have to form new sections if there were more students in each section.If the positivity rate goes above 2 per cent on a particular day, the deputy commissioner of the concerned district will close the educational institutions till the positivity rate goes below 2 per cent.