Bhubaneswar:
Odisha government on Tuesday directed around 27,000 schools to conduct physical classes for grade 1 – 5 on January 3 after the state recorded 8 cases of Omicron (new variant of Coronavirus). The schools will be conducted between 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. without lunch break.
Information and Public Relations Department of government of Odisha tweeted, “The government has decided to reopen about 27,000 schools in grades one to five in the state from January 3. Schools that are scheduled to take the Class I-1 exam for the 10th grade from the 5th to the 8th will be reopened from January 10th.”
Further tweets informed, “Schools will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., without lunch. Under the lunch plan, the dry food supply program will continue as before. The school will be notified by the designated SOP department to reopen.”
School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash, “The government has taken note of reduced attendance in online primary classes and it has been decided to reopen schools for these students.” However, the parents have the option to choose to send their children to schools.
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