Telangana School, Colleges to reopen for physical/offline classes from 1st Sept, confirms K Chandrashekhar Rao

Telangana To Reopen Educational Institutes: As per the recent updates, the State government has decided to reopen all public and private educational institutions including Anganwadi centres in the State commencing from 1st September 2021. Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao instructed the Ministers and the officials of Panchayat Raj and Municipal Administration departments to ensure cleaning and sanitisation of all educational institutions and hostels across the State. The same has to be done by 30th August. The decision was taken after considering the reports that the continuous closure of educational institutions was causing mental stress among students especially school children, and could also affect their future.

Telangana Reopening Educational Institutes

The officials have been directed to reopen all educational institutions - from KG to PG and public as well as private, duly following all the precautions to keep the spread of COVID-19 under control. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, all the educational institutions have remained closed for more than one and half years. The lockdown and school closure was imposed in March 2020.

Sanitization and Cleaning of Educational Institutes

CM Rao has directed the concerned Ministers, the officials of Panchayati Raj and Municipal Administration departments to make sure that all work related to the cleaning and sanitisation of educational institutions and hostels is completed by August 30. Even the Zilla Parishad chairpersons have been asked to conduct field visits in their respective districts and inspect if the government schools and other educational institutions were maintaining cleanliness and following COVID-19 safety protocols.

With the resumption of schools scheduled within a week’s time, special care will be taken to clean the premises of educational institutions including classrooms and toilets with chemicals such as sodium chloride and bleaching powder. Besides cleaning the water tanks, sanitisation of the entire school's premises including classrooms should be taken up by the local bodies.

High-Level Meeting

At a high-level meeting held at Pragathi Bhavan, the Chief Minister explained in detail the factors that led to the government’s decision to reopen all educational institutions. He stated that due to the closure of educational institutions following the COVID pandemic, uncertainty prevailed over the future of the educational system in the State leading to utter confusion among various sections including students, their parents and also teachers of private educational institutions and affiliated organisations.