Lok Sabha Question No. 2025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-14
Subject: Re-Opening of Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2025 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022

## Re-Opening of Schools

## †2025.  SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether post Covid all schools have not been opened till date across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has directed all private schools to reopen with 100 per cent capacity; and;
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) to (d) Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. Ministry of Home Affairs  (MHA) vide their  order  No.  40-3/2020-DM-I  (A)  dated  30th  September,  2020  has stated that State/UT Governments may take a decision in respect of re-opening of schools, after 15 th October, 2020, in a graded manner, the decision shall be taken in consultation with the respective school/institution management, based on their assessment of the situation.

The Department of School Education and Literacy has issued detailed SOP/guidelines regarding health and safety precautions for reopening of  schools after issue of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) guidelines for unlock-5, on 5 th October, 2020. These guidelines have been revised vide letter 17 th December, 2021. These guidelines can be accessed at following links respectively.

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/SOP\_Guidelines\_for\_reopening\_s chools\_0.pdf https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/Modifications\_SoP.pdf

The State-wise status of reopening of schools is Annexed.

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Annexure

ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN PART (a) TO (d) OF THE REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2025 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.03.2022 ASKED BY SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR REGARDING RE-OPENING OF SCHOOLS.

|   S. No. | States /UTs              | Status           |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------|
|        1 | Arunachal Pradesh        | Open             |
|        2 | Bihar                    | Open             |
|        3 | Chandigarh               | Open             |
|        4 | Haryana                  | Open             |
|        5 | Lakshadweep              | Open             |
|        6 | Madhya Pradesh           | Open             |
|        7 | Sikkim                   | Open             |
|        8 | Uttar Pradesh            | Open             |
|        9 | Karnataka                | Open             |
|       10 | Telangana                | Open             |
|       11 | Tripura                  | Open             |
|       12 | Meghalaya                | Open             |
|       13 | Nagaland                 | Open             |
|       14 | Gujarat                  | Open             |
|       15 | Andhra Pradesh           | Open             |
|       16 | Puducherry               | Open             |
|       17 | Tamil Nadu               | Open             |
|       18 | Jharkhand                | Open             |
|       19 | West Bengal              | Open             |
|       20 | Manipur                  | Open             |
|       21 | Delhi                    | Open             |
|       22 | Assam                    | Open             |
|       23 | Rajasthan                | Open             |
|       24 | Chhattisgarh             | Partially open   |
|       25 | Himachal Pradesh         | Partially open   |
|       26 | Mizoram                  | Partially opened |
|       27 | Uttarakhand              | Partially open   |
|       28 | Maharashtra              | Partially open   |
|       29 | Kerala                   | Partially open   |
|       30 | Punjab                   | Partially open   |
|       31 | DND - DNH                | Partially open   |
|       32 | Andaman &Nicobar Islands | Partially open   |
|       33 | Odisha                   | Partially open   |
|       34 | Goa                      | Open             |
|       35 | Ladakh                   | Partially open   |
|       36 | Jammu And Kashmir        | Open             |