Colleges and Universities in Maharashtra to reopen from Feb 15 with 50% attendance: Uday Samant

Maharashtra Higher and Technical Education Minister Uday Samant announced that universities and colleges will reopen in Maharashtra from February 15 onwards. The classes will be held on a rotational basis and 50% attendance has to be maintained.

Earlier, Samant had said that the government would soon announce its decision regarding the reopening of colleges in the state in a day or two.

The colleges in Maharashtra, along



with all the other educational institutes in the state, were shut down in March 2020 in view of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray was expected to sign off on the date for colleges reopening after the discussion conducted on February 1 with the Vice Chancellors.

The government will soon issue a list of Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to all colleges and universities in the state for reopening.