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A "staggered" timetable will be followed for all the classes from VI to XII.
In Upper Primary, Secondary, and Senior Secondary schools, for students of class VI, VIII, X, and XII, classes will be conducted on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Fixation of the first batch and second batch of students will be done by the Head of the Institution.
In schools, for students of class VII, IX and XI, classes will be conducted on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Fixation of the first batch and second batch of students will be done by the Head of the Institution( Say for example class VII and IX in the morning shift and class X in the afternoon shift).
There will be two batches for each class. However, if in any class, a total number of students is less than 20, then a division in a batch will not be required.
The first batch of students will come at 08.00 AM and stay up to 12.00 Noon and the second batch of students will come at 12.30 PM and stay up to 03.30 PM and the Head of the institution will prepare a daily routine chart for imparting a lesson to the students and equal importance will be given to all the subjects.
The first batch of students will have their midday meal from 11.30 AM to 12.00 Noon and the next batch will have midday meal from 12.30 PM to 01.00 PM.
The mid-day meal cook cum helpers are to do the COVID test (Swab test) before resuming regular cooking and serving of hot cooked midday meal in the schools. Regular COVID test for cook cum Helpers is required to be ensured and has to be done after a gap of every 15 days or in case of any symptoms of fever, cough, difficulty in breathing, etc.,
All concerned stakeholders/ functionaries are to take necessary steps for resuming regular cooking and serving of hot cook midday meals to the children in the school campus based on the attendance of the students as per staggered timing mentioned in the SOP. However, SMC/SMDC shall distribute food security allowance to the eligible absentee children as per entitlements/ norms following the guidelines of distribution of food security allowance.
The Schools/Educational Institutions shall have to be sanitized every weekend (preferably every Sunday).
On every Sunday there will be community mobilization involving the head of the Educational Institution, Village Headman (Gaonburha), Parents, Guardians, interested NGOs, SHG, Volunteers regarding precaution and awareness on physical social distancing about COVID-19, etc., maintaining health and hygiene, Yoga, Meditation, commutation, prepare and disseminate posters, banners, brochures, infographics etc., on COVID-19 related issues.
Students should be made aware of the proper and scientific use of masks, frequent change of mask, sanitization, maintenance of physical distance of a minimum of 6 feet, both inside and outside the classroom.
The Teaching and Non-Teaching staff of all Educational Institutions and Cooks/Helpers engaged in preparation and serving of Midday Meal among the students should be medically tested for COVID-19 after every 30 days and in case of the symptomatic case, the testing should be done immediately.
The Hostels of all Educational Institutions shall remain closed for one month and until further orders.
Regular cleaning and disinfection of the classrooms toilets corridor etc., shall have to be done.
Arrangements for potable water for handwashing with soaps. Install handwashing station, hygienic drinking water points, toilets, and urinals to allow physical distancing of at least 1 to 2 meters and ensure these facilities are accessible to children with disabilities.
Social distancing in classes/ assembly/dining hall for distribution of Mid-day-Meal etc. space will be created in the classroom/hall to ensure that the children's desk stands one meter apart and responsibility for such arrangement would lie on the Head of the institution.
Before the schools reopen, R.A.T. of all Teachers/Cooks/ Staff members has to be done and thereafter periodic testing at an interval of 30 days from time to time. And considering the huge number of teaching and non-teaching staff of institutions ranging from upper primary schools to universities and the time factor involved in testing (both testing and value of results) testing has to be planned by District Administration in view of the various challenges posed in conducting such large number of test.
Temperatures check of all students/teachers etc. shall be done every day through thermo scanner.
Contact the nearest PHC/CHC in case of fever, cough, difficulty in breathing/medical emergency.
A District level task force Chaired by the Deputy Commissioner of the District and consisting of District Heads of the concerned line Department as members will be responsible for ensuring enforcement of the SOP. Notification will be issued by the Education Department.
Students/teachers/school administrators who have been quarantined (home/institutional) can attend school provided they produce a medical fitness certificate relating to COVID-19 issued by a competent medical authority. Care must also be taken to avoid stigmatizing of students and staff who have been exposed to COVID-19.
Whenever any single COVID-19 positive case is detected in the school premises and thereafter, the school should be opened next day only for COVID 19 testing (R.A.T) of the students teaching, non-teaching staff, cooks cum helper etc. The District Administration/ SMC/SMDC/Head of the Institution shall jointly take necessary steps for R.A.T.
Whenever multiple COVID-19 positive cases are detected in the school premises and thereafter immediately the school/Educational institution will be closed for a period of 7 days. Subsequently, after the closure of the school/ educational institution the school building including the entire premises desk and benches, toilet stations/ drinking water station, etc., should be thoroughly sanitized. Thereafter, after 7 days the school will be re-opened with due permission from the Deputy Commissioner of the District.
In respect of private educational institutions in Assam, social/physical distancing shall be maintained and buses will carry 1/3 intake of the students on the bus. The school buses should be properly sanitized twice daily.
It needs mention here that there will be re-opening of schools from November 2, 2020, from classes VI to XII and all UG/Degree Colleges/Engineering Colleges/Polytechnics/University/All Govt. and private educational institutions and private training and coaching institutes.
The Assam Government is yet to take a decision on the reopening of classes up to Classes 1-5. It can be deduced that the call will be taken after the classes have been conducted for a while.
Moreover, it has been decided that no educational institution within the 'containment zone' areas. Besides, all students, teachers, and helping hands shall be compulsorily made to wear masks and practice strict social distancing to mitigate the risk of COVID-19 spread. The Government issued SOPs further stated that the "attendance of students must not be enforced and shall be purely based on parental consent."
The Government has also issued staggered timings for colleges, Engineering, Polytechnic colleges, and ITIs. As far as Universities are concerned, each University will issue a separate set of SOPs for its students.
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