Friday (May 13)

• Heavy to very heavy rains are likely over isolated places of Assam & Meghalaya.
• Heavy rainfall is forecast over isolated places of Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, and Tripura.
• Widespread rains and thunderstorms are predicted over Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal and Sikkim.
• Fairly widespread rains and thunderstorms are possible over Kerala and Lakshadweep.
• Scattered showers and thunderstorms are likely over Gangetic West Bengal, Odisha, Bihar, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka.
• Isolated rain/snow is likely over Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh.
• Isolated rains are forecast over East Utter Pradesh, Goa, Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, with a chance of thunderstorms.
• Severe heatwave conditions are predicted over isolated places of West Rajasthan.
• Heatwave conditions are likely over isolated places of Gujarat, East Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Vidarbha, South Haryana, South Punjab and Delhi.

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Schools will reopen in Assam, AndhraPradesh, Tamilnadu state and kendriya vidyalya  from today  seven months due to coronavirus pandemic. According to officials of Assam Education Department, only students from Classes 6th to 12th will be allowed to attend the classes under strict COVID-19 guidelines. The officials added that a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) has been issued by the government in this regard.

The schools will follow an odd-even system to minimise the risk of coronavirus spread. Students in Classes 6, 8 and 12 will attend school on Monday, Wednesday and Friday while students of classes 7, 9 and 11 will attend classes on the other three days.

“All the students would not come into the schools at a time and they would attend the schools in different batches in morning and afternoon shift. Fixation of first batch and second batch of students would be done by the head of the institution,” the government said in a news release.

“The first batch of students would come at 8 a.m. and stay up to 12 noon and the second batch of students would come at 12.30 p.m. and stay up to 3.30 p.m.” it added.

Students from Classes 9 to 12 can start attending schools in Andhra Pradesh from today after coronavirus lockdown guidelines were eased as part of the “Unlock5” plan. The guidelines have been eased till the next update till November 30. The classes will be held for half a day every other day.

Assam and Rajasthan will also reopen schools today.

Students from Classes 6 to 8 can start going to school from November 23, while those in primary classes can go to school from December 14.

Schools with more than 750 students will be allowed to open once every three days and they will have to provide midday meal to those attending, Chief Minister YS Jagan Mohan Reddy had announced in a video conference on October 20.

As per the SOP issued by the government, the schools have been asked to follow social distancing and other precautionary measures. The guidelines issued by the Assam government also includes a staggered timetable for general colleges, engineering colleges, polytechnic institutions and IITs.

It is to be noted that online education will continue for students who prefer to attend online classes.

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