Schools to remain closed in Madhya Pradesh until August 31, Check details here

The Madhya Pradesh state government has ordered that all the government and private schools will remain closed until August 31, 2020, amidst the rising cases of COVID-19 in the state. Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan also added that the private schools will not be charging the students anything other than the tuition fees. 

The Chief Minister also stated that the Education department will make sure that in case the parents are not able to pay the fee for the children their name will not be removed from the schools under any circumstances. 

The government has issued the Unlock 3.0 guidelines for removing the restrictions on the movement of people during the night and allowing Yoga Institutes and gyms to open after August 5, 2020. Schools, metros, cinemas would however continue to remain closed, as per the guidelines. 

The central ministry has stated that the lockdown will continue to be implemented strictly in the containment zones until August 31, 2020, and the schools, colleges, coaching institutions, and cinema halls will be closed until the end of August 2020. 

Many of the state governments had earlier announced that the schools will remain closed until August 31, 2020, keeping in mind the rising COVID-19 cases in the respective states. 

Schools, colleges, and other educational institutions across the country have been shut since March 2020 when the lockdown was first initiated. Since then the schools and colleges have been conducting the classes for the students in the online mode. Schools have resorted to conducting the classes for the students through a different online mode in order to make sure that the students do not miss out on the classes list due to the lockdown. 

Schools have also cancelled the examinations for the students and decided to promote the students until class 11 to the next year without conducting the examinations. The respective state boards have however conducted the postponed board examinations and declared the results are well for the students.  

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