Taking into account the ensuing COVID-19 situation in the State and keeping in mind the health and interest of students with a view to minimizing learning losses, the Tripura government has suspended classes from Pre-primary to Class-II till January 15 next.
According to the official notification of the school education department, the ongoing examinations of the Directorate of Elementary Education shall continue maintaining all preventive measures and COVID Appropriate Behaviour.
“The students who will be appearing in the examinations shall only attend school on the days of their examinations and other students shall not attend school on the examination days in such schools. In schools where examinations aren't scheduled, 50% of the students enrolled shall attend school in each class (except Pre-primary to Class II) ensuring that every student gets to attend school once in two days,” the notification stated.
The notification also directed the heads of the schools to make sufficient arrangements for the distribution of masks, sanitization & thermal scanning at the entry point for the students. Teaching and Non-teaching staff shall continue to attend the school, it stated.
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