COVID-19: Schools to remain closed for students in Delhi till October 5

In order to curb the spread of the coronavirus, schools in Delhi will stay closed till October 5, said city’s Directorate of Education. 

All schools will remain closed for students in Delhi till October 5, 2020. Online classes & teaching-learning activities will continue as usual: Directorate of Education, Delhi pic.twitter.com/wDpEdqkNWk

— ANI (@ANI) September 18, 2020

"All schools will remain closed for all students till 05.10.2020. However, online classes and teaching-learning activities will continue as usual and HoS (Heads of Schools) are authorized to call teachers/ staff (as per requirement) for smooth conduct of online classes, teaching-learning activities and any other work," said the notification.

Delhi has till now reported 2,34,701 coronavirus cases and 4,887 deaths. The Delhi government also urged state-run schools to take over online classes, which are currently being conducted by the Directorate of education.

“In order to further strengthen and expand the Teaching-Learning Activities for classes 9 to 12, online classes are being decentralized for these classes of all the government and government-aided schools,” the statement said.

“HoS of all schools shall ensure that suitable Time Table with the schedule of Online Classes is developed by their schools, share it well in time with the concerned teachers and students and conduct the online classes accordingly,” it added.

Schools and colleges across the country have been closed since March 16.