by New Delhi: The Delhi government has postponed the reopening of all schools for students up to class 8 till October and will decide on resuming classes for them later. The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) has issued a list of activities permitted from intervening night of September 15-16 till intervening night of September 30 to October 1.
Schools/institutes for students up to class 8 will remain closed, the DDMA said in its new guidelines.
The decision to keep schools closed for classes 1 to 8 was taken at a DDMA meeting with an expert committee today.
Schools/colleges for students from classes 9th and above will continue to be allowed to with 50 per cent capacity of classroom, it said.
The panel earlier recommended phase-wise reopening of schools in Delhi. As per the panel’s earlier suggestions, schools were asked to reopen classes 6 to 8 from September 8.
For junior and primary classes, schools have been closed since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Meanwhile, Business to Business (B2B) and Business to Customers (B2C) exhibitions will be allowed.