MHRD: Allow students to stay in hostels

HYDERABAD: In view of the lockdown announced in many states to prevent the spread of coronavirus (Covid-19), the

Union

ministry of human resource development (

MHRD

) has advised all educational institutions to allow students who are still living in hostels to stay put.


“Students, particularly foreigners, should be allowed to continue in their hostels and are advised to take all necessary safe precautions,” read a letter issued by MHRD secretary

Amit Khare

. The ministry’s directions come as a relief for many students who were told to evict.

Universities

have been issuing advisories to students to vacate hostels in view of the pandemic.

The ministry also stated that faculty, researchers and non-teaching staff should be permitted to work from home till March 31. It clarified that faculty members and non-teaching staff will be considered on-duty during this period. “