After remaining shut for months due to the COVID-9 pandemic, universities and colleges in Madhya Pradesh will reopen with 50 per cent attendance from September 15, an official said on Saturday.
After remaining closed for months due to the COVID-9 pandemic, universities and colleges in Madhya Pradesh will reopen with a 50% turnout from September 15, an official said on Saturday.
The state has at least 1,400 colleges and 56 universities with nearly 13.5 lakh of students, of which two lakh are fresher, the official said.
“All teachers and non-teaching staff have been invited to teach classes with 50% of students from September 15,” Higher Education Minister Mohan Yadav said in a statement.
It is mandatory for teachers, non-teaching staff and students to submit certificates of having taken the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, he said.
Apart from that, the appropriate behavior of COVID -19 must be strictly observed on college and university campuses, the minister said. Online classes for students will continue and officials have been urged to set a schedule for online and offline classes, he said.
Libraries, hostels and messes will gradually reopen in accordance with COVID-19 guidelines, Yadav added.Madhya Pradesh saw five new cases of COVID-19 on Friday, as a result of which the state currently has 130 active infections.
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