Manish Sisodia Says All Schools To Remain Closed Until Next Order

All the government and private schools in Delhi will remain closed until the next order, education minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday said.

Sisodia has put to rest the speculations of parents and students who wondered if there was to be a partial reopening of schools in Delhi, as allowed in Unlock 5.0 guidelines issued recently by the Union ministry of home affairs.

All schools in Delhi will continue to be closed till further orders in view of the Covid-19 situation, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia announced on Wednesday.

Parents are not in favour of reopening schools either, Sisodia said at an online press conference.

The Delhi government had before reported that schools will stay shut till October 31. 

"We continue getting criticism from guardians that they are truly worried about whether it is sheltered to return schools. It isn't. Any place schools have resumed, Covid-19 cases among youngsters have risen. So we have concluded that starting at now schools in the public capital won't return. They will keep on being shut till additional requests," Sisodia



said. 

Colleges and schools the nation over have been shut since March 16, when the Center declared a countrywide homeroom closure as a component of measures to contain the spread of the novel Covid. 

A cross country lockdown was forced on March 25. 

While several restrictions have been eased in different 'unlock' phases, educational institutions continue to remain closed. According to ‘Unlock 5’ guidelines, states can take a call on reopening schools in phases. Several states have also begun the process of reopening schools.

Earlier, schools were allowed to call students from Class 9 to 12 to school on voluntary basis from September 21. However, the Delhi government decided against it.

Delhi has reported 4,853 new coronavirus cases and 44 deaths related to the virus in the past 24 hours, data showed Tuesday (October 27) night. Data also showed that 2,722 people had been discharged after treatment in the past 24 hours. The total number of Covid19 cases recorded in the city has now crossed 3.64 lakh, of which active cases are 27,873, deaths are 6,356 and recoveries are 3.3 lakh.