After period of 10 months, the colleges in Maharashtra state are all set to resume classes from February after Maharashtra government gave nod with 50% attendance.
Announcing the opening of the colleges, Uday Samant, Maharashtra’s higher and technical education minister said that the government has also decided to relax the 75% compulsory attendance criteria for the current academic year.
After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic colleges and schools across th3 country were forced to shut down due to nationwide lockdowns.
Maharashtra governor Koshyari called the Maharashtra government’s stand on reopening of colleges ‘ironical’ and said that if schools can reopen for children studying in classes V VIII, universities and colleges too should resume classroom teaching.
Maharashtra’s state higher and technical education minister has instructed colleges authorities to strictly ensure Covid-19 preventative measures.
