Kolhapur students delighted to meet friends & teachers again

Kolhapur:

Primary schools

in the district restarted offline classes for students from Wednesday after a gap of 18 months. The students were delighted to meet their

friends

and

teachers

.

However, a few schools in the district are yet to resume operations and will reopen only once they get consent from the students’ parents.

Shankar Yadav, KMC administrator for KMC schools said, "Out of the 183 primary schools in KMC limits, 76 have reopened after consent from the parents. 65% attendance was seen on the first day. The students were welcomed back to school after almost two years by offering them a rose, sanitiser and mask. Fifteen teams of the KMC visited various schools in the city and guided the school administration.”

To maintain all Covid safety protocols, we have asked all the schools to start health clinics on the school premises where the kids will be checked by the doctors. We have also asked the schools to keep thermal screening guns, sanitiser and oximeter in stock. Conducting sports and cultural programmes in the schools that will bring students together have been prohibited," added Shankar Yadav.

Aishwarya Patil, a Class VI student said, “We are happy to be back on the school campus and among our friends. Understanding issues were there during the online lectures and now, with the schools reopening offline, it is good that we can get our doubts cleared by our teachers in the school.

The situation was the same in Sangli and Satara districts as most of the schools reopened on Wednesday for the students of Classes I to IV in rural areas, and for students of Classes I to VII in the urban areas.