Aligarh Muslim University Released COVID-19 Guidelines, Know Complete Details Here

AMU Guidelines for COVID-19: The Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) has issued COVID-19 guidelines. It has been announced that the university will function with 50% staff in its various offices from today, 16th June 2021. However, online classes will continue to keep the teaching-learning process in momentum. Wearing of masks have been made compulsory in campus including in university offices, schools, colleges, libraries, department, centres and hostels. 

AMU Guidelines

• All heads of the departments/offices of the university are requested to depute minimum staff to facilitate the teachers, who want to avail the facility of the department for examination purposes.
• The offices will remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays. The employees who are not scheduled to attend offices on weekdays will be working from home, making themselves available through phone and electronic means of communication at all times.
• The essential services including medical services, sanitation, electricity, water supply, residential hall services, Central Automobile Workshop, Telephone Department, Proctor’s Office and Computer Centre, will continue to work as per the direction of the heads of the concerned department or office.
• Employees willing to travel out of Aligarh can only do so if there are granted leaves from the competent authorities.

Apart from these, the guidelines added, “Crowding in lifts, staircases, corridors, and other common areas such as refreshment kiosks and parking lots should be avoided. Meetings as far as possible should be conducted online, entries of outsiders in the campus must be curtailed, people living in the containment zones shall continue to be exempted from coming to office till the zones are de-notified and employees over 60-years in age will only work from home.” 

Old Guidelines of AMU 

Earlier in April, the AMU guidelines also have urged all the employees in the university over 45 years of age to get them vaccinated for COVID-19 as per government advisory and medical guidelines. Wearing masks and maintaining social distancing have been made compulsory in premises including in university offices, schools, colleges, libraries, department, centres and hostels.