State Home department, in pursuance to the July 28 High Court order, and in continuation of its July 19 order, has issued an addendum to the order for re-opening of schools for classes 11 and 12. The order stated that in case any teacher or non-teaching staff of any school, which is opening for
resumption of regular classes for students of classes 1l and 12, is not fully vaccinated (not taken both the doses) against COVID-19, or has taken the first dose of vaccine against Covid-19, but 15 days have not passed since taking the first dose, or has not taken any dose of vaccine, the teacher or non-teaching staff concerned shall be required to undergo testing every 15 days for Covid-19 through either RT-PCR or TrueNat or CBNAAT on self-payment basis and make available the negative Covid-19 test report. With regard to para 2 of the SOP annexed with the earlier order for the re-opening of schools on the preventive measures to contain the spread of COVID-19 stand modified accordingly and it shall be read as under: Maximum allowed percentage of attendance of students in any class and requirement of mandatory vaccination/testing for teachers/non-teaching staff. It said that maximum allowed percentage of attendance of students in any class on a particular day shall be 50%.
All the teachers and non-teaching staff should be fully vaccinated (taken both the doses) against Covid-19, or should have taken the first dose of vaccine, and at least 15 days should have passed since taking the first dose, or should have been tested negative for Covid-19 through either RT-PCR or TrueNat or CBNAAT once in every 15 days.
The schools planning to re-open shall submit the list of all the teaching/non-teaching staff along with the details of the vaccination status or testing status as the case may be, as well as all the arrangements being made for ensuring adherence to the provisions of this SOP to the respective District Task Force (DTF) through the District Education Officer concerned. The DTF may carry out verifications as considered necessary, and on being satisfied of the overall preparedness of the school concerned, may grant permission for the re-opening of the school.
The schools which have cases of teacher/non-teaching staff submitting negative Covid-19 test report on account of not being vaccinated against COVID-19 as mentioned above, shall submitting the details of the COVID-testing status of such teachers/non-teaching staff every 15 days to the respective DTF through the District Education Officer concerned. The schools shall continue with the present system of online teaching while making preparations and awaiting clearance from the DTF for re-opening for conduct of the regular classes. All the other conditions as laid down in the SOP annexed to the earlier order for reopening schools shall remain unchanged.