After 19 months, the lower primary classes reopened on 25 October. While government and aided schools have welcomed students from classes I to V into the classroom, many private schools have decided to reopen after Diwali.
The resumption of physical classes has brought a great relief to most of the parents, especially those who had enrolled their children in government and aided schools, which did not have the infrastructure to conduct online classes.
Principals of private schools, which delayed the resumption of offline classes, said they would do so only after taking consent from all parents.
BR Supreet, secretary, Oxford School, Nagarbhavi, said although they had initially planned to reopen lower primary classes on Monday, they decided to start these classes from November 8. “We had sought consent letters from the parents who requested us to reopen after Diwali. ,” he said.
Many school managements said that it would be difficult for them to run both offline and online classes.
Public Instruction Commissioner R. Vishal urged the parents to opt for offline classes. He said that the mid-day meal for the students of lower primary classes would start from November 2.
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