MUMBAI: Following demands by parents and schools, the school education department has submitted a proposal to chief minister Uddhav Thackeray seeking reopening of all schools, including pre-primary classes, in the state from Monday, January 24. The proposal is likely to be taken up in the cabinet meeting on Thursday.
In the wake of rising cases of the third wave, physical classes at schools and colleges in the state were shut till February 15. School education minister Varsha Gaikwad said they are empowering the local bodies to decide on details like which classes to start, frequency and from when. “In the proposal that we have sent this time, we have suggested reopening of pre-primary classes, apart from classes 1-12, but the final call has to be taken by the local administration as to which classes they want to start taking into account the Covid-19 situation in the area,” said Gaikwad.
