MP schools to reopen for classes 1 to 5 from September 20

Madhya Pradesh state government has decided to reopen schools for classes 1 to 5 from September 20 with 50% attendance, said an official.

Published on: Sep 14, 2021, 17:04:04 IST

By Shruti Tomar

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Madhya Pradesh state government has decided to reopen schools for classes 1 to 5 from September 20 with 50% attendance, said an official.

The decision was taken in a meeting chaired by the chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan.

The schools have been asked to follow the Covid-19 protocol to open the elementary classes. Social distancing and sanitization should be done properly. If any parents don’t want to send the kids to the school, the administration should continue online classes, said an officer of the school education department.

The hostels and boarding schools for classes 8, 10 and 12 will also be reopened with 100% capacity while class 11 will be reopened with 50% capacity, said Inder Singh Parmar, school education minister.

All the school staff members have been asked to take the jabs of Covid-19 vaccination.

The minister said, “The decision was taken after a review of the situation of Covid-19 cases. For the past one and a half months, the positive cases have been reduced to 0.1 %.”

Earlier, the school education department resumed the classes from class 8 to 12 from September 1.

The higher education department also announced to reopen colleges of MP from September 15 with 50% capacity.

Most of the restrictions have been relaxed after a decrease in positivity rate. More than 50,000 tests are taking place daily in MP.

According to a health bulletin, in Madhya Pradesh, the active cases are 131 and only 12 people have tested positive on Monday.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Shruti Tomar
I have spent over a decade chronicling Madhya Pradesh’s political and social landscape, covering politics, investigative journalism, crime, human interest, and government policy, blending sharp insight with ground‑level depth. I have closely tracked three assembly elections, three Lok Sabha elections, leadership transitions in MP while exposing governance lapses, tender irregularities, and flawed policy rollouts. My reports have revealed gaps in the Cheetah project, irregularities in medical education, rigging in recruitment exams, and loopholes in policy implementation. In crime reporting, I have moved beyond FIRs to map systemic patterns — from organised crime networks and gender‑based violence to custodial accountability — balancing urgency with sensitivity. My journalism is defined by a commitment to human interest. I have profiled the marginalised Bancchda community, documented atrocities against tribal groups, and highlighted efforts to preserve their culture through heritage liquor and revival of spiritual practices. I have reported on farmers struggling with failed MSP promises, giving voice to those often reduced to statistics in policy files. Passionate about field reporting, I have reported on rampant sand mining in Chambal and Narmada, pharmaceutical companies supplying medicines under altered names, the dire condition of schools and colleges, the plight of commercial sex workers, and skewed sex ratios in specific districts. Beyond deadlines, and as HT’s state correspondent and assistant editor in Madhya Pradesh, I engage with ministers, farmers, students, and activists, believing the best policy stories begin with a single human voice. A postgraduate in Journalism and Mass Communication, I also hold a diploma in sports journalism.Read More

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