While the school education department has issued a government resolution (GR) allowing reopening of schools, the ground reality doesn’t seem to be quite an encouraging one. The state government’s data reveals that since schools in rural areas were allowed to reopen last month, only 34 per cent of the institutes resumed in-person classes. Also, just 10 per cent of the students have been attending these classes.

The government issued the notification on Tuesday allowing schools to reopen in urban areas as well. As per the GR, Std VIII to Std XII can resume classes in urban areas and in rural areas Std V to VII have been given permission to hold in-person classes.