AHMEDABAD: Before taking a final decision on reopening schools and colleges in Gujarat, the state education department will prepare a set of SOPs to be followed by students and authorities in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama held an urgent meeting with department officials and asked them to start preparing SOPs for educational institutions. As of now, the state government is planning to open schools from standards 9 to 12, colleges as well as universities, though a final decision on the issue is pending, he told reporters in Gandhinagar.
“To reopen schools from standards 9 to 12 and colleges, Chief Minister Vijay Rupani had asked my department to prepare SOPs. “I had convened an urgent meeting in this regard and asked my officials to prepare SOPs. After consulting various stakeholders, we will finalize SOPs in the next 2 to 3 days,” said Chudasama. The stakeholders include the vice-chancellors of different universities and people associated with the management of schools. Officials will consult them through video conferencing and prepare SOPs for reopening schools and colleges amid the coronavirus outbreak, said Chudasama. “Once SOPs are prepared, CM Vijay Rupani and Deputy Chief Minister Nitin Patel, in consultation with education and health departments, will take a final decision on reopening schools and colleges. “They would also decide about opening schools for standards 1 to 8,” said Chudasama.
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