Schools, PUC colleges to stay shut till year-end, says CM
Yediyurappa will review situation in late December
BENGALURU:
Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa announced on Monday that schools and pre-university colleges would not reopen till the end of December.
He said that the decision was taken after the government received reports from the Health Department and the Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19.
ಪ್ರಸಕ್ತ ಸಾಲಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಶಾಲೆಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಾರಂಭಿಸುವ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಇಂದು ಸಭೆ ನಡೆಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಇಲಾಖೆಯ ತಾಂತ್ರಿಕ ಸಲಹಾ ಸಮಿತಿ ಸಲಹೆ ಮೇರೆಗೆ ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ಅಂತ್ಯದವರೆಗೆ ಪರಿಸ್ಥಿತಿ ಅವಲೋಕಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ತೀರ್ಮಾನ ಕೈಗೊಳ್ಳಲು ನಿರ್ಧರಿಸಲಾಯಿತು. ಪ್ರಾಥಮಿಕ ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರೌಢ ಶಿಕ್ಷಣ ಸಚಿವರು, ಆರೋಗ್ಯ ಸಚಿವರು, ಅಧಿಕಾರಿಗಳು ಸಭೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಉಪಸ್ಥಿತರಿದ್ದರು. pic.twitter.com/aCRLJBxB7N
— B.S. Yediyurappa (@BSYBJP) November 23, 2020
Multi-department meeting
The CM’s announcement came after he chaired a meeting of BBMP and the Departments of Education, Health, Rural Development and Transport. “The winter wave is likely to affect children’s health,” he reportedly said after the meeting, adding, “Schools and (pre-university) colleges will remain shut.”
ಡಿಸೆಂಬರ್ ಅಂತ್ಯದವರೆಗೆ ಶಾಲಾ ಕಾಲೇಜು ಆರಂಭಿಸುವುದಿಲ್ಲ : ಮುಖ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿ ಯಡಿಯೂರಪ್ಪhttps://t.co/1pufKK2Ywr#ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು #Bangalore #Bengaluru #Karnataka #ChiefMinister #BSYediyurappa #Schools #Reopening #NoSchools #Education @BSYBJP @CMofKarnataka #schoolsreopen @nimmasuresh
— Thebengalurulive/ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು ಲೈವ್ (@bengalurulive_) November 23, 2020
The CM said he would chair another meeting in the third week of December to take stock of the situation vis-a-vis reopening of schools. The advice of the Technical Advisory Committee and the Health Department would be considered before taking a final call, he added.
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