Prayagraj. Secondary Schools, Inter Colleges will open from today (16 August 2021) in Uttar Pradesh. During this, a team of officers has been deputed for school inspection to see whether there are adequate arrangements in the schools.
According to the Department of Secondary Education, schools will open only for five days from Monday to Friday. Schools will be closed on Saturdays and Sundays. The duty of 60 officers has been imposed for the inspection of schools across the state on the day the schools will open. Aradhana Shukla, Additional Chief Secretary, Secondary Education Department has issued an order in this regard. Schools for classes 9 to 12 are being opened from August 16.
Duty of district wise officers for inspection:
Special secretaries Shambhu Kumar, Neha Prakash, Uday Bhanu Tripathi have been given the responsibility of Barabanki, Fatehpur, Mirzapur. Similarly, Education Director Vinay Pandey has been appointed to Lucknow, Additional Director Manju Sharma to Sitapur, Mahendra Dev to Meerut, Anjana Goyal to Pratapgarh, UP Board Secretary Divyakant Shukla to Prayagraj, JD Bareilly Ajay Kumar to Badaun and Shajahanpur, JD Varanasi Pradi Kumar to Chandauli and Jaunpur, DD Vikas Srivastava has been given the responsibility of Varanasi. 60 officers including Diet Principal and Vice Principal, Assistant Director, Senior Specialist will have to inspect. Everyone has to supervise the arrangement of at least one and minimum 10 schools in different block or city or rural area. The inspection report will have to be sent to the directorate by evening. The schools where deficiencies are found will be resolved by the Director of Education and Secretary, UP Board.
Key points of school inspection:
- Schools will run in two shifts from 8 am to 12 am and 12.30 to 4.30 pm, leave should not be done simultaneously.
- 50 percent children, sanitizer, thermal scanning, pulse oximeter, first aid should be arranged in a shift.
- In case of any signs of infection, students or teachers should be sent back home.
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