Bangladesh Educational institutions up to higher secondary level reopens

Bangladesh desk:  All types of educational institutions from primary to higher secondary levels reopened across the country on Sunday after a closure of about one and a half years due to the Covid outbreak in Bangladesh.

Mask wearing has been made compulsory for all in the educational institutions while their temperature will have to be checked every day, on which a monitoring report shall be sent to the education ministry daily, as per the decisions made on September 5 at an inter-ministerial meeting.

Our correspondents, visiting Agrani School and College in Ajimpur and Avoy Binodini High School in Basabo in Dhaka, reported that health regulations were strictly followed by the schools’ authorities and the students.

All the teachers and students attended classes wearing masks.

The schools’ authorities set up hand washing arrangements for students.

Classes were held maintaining social distancing.

From Sunday, in-person classes will be held every day of the week for the candidates of the Secondary School Certificate, Higher Secondary Certificate and equivalent examinations for the 2021 and 2022 academic years and for the Class-V students.

The classes from Class I to Class IX will be held a day each week while the number of in-person classes will be increased if the coronavirus situation improves, as per the government decision.

However, educational institutions in flood-affected areas did not reopen on Sunday, according to the Directorate of Secondary and Higher Education.