Guidelines for Re-opening As per Ministry of Home Afairs (MHA) Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-I (A)

Guidelines for Re-opening

As per Ministry of Home Afairs (MHA) Order No. 40-3/2020-DM-I (A)

dated 30th September, 2020]

Activities permitted outside the Containment Zones

In areas outside the Containment Zones, all activities will be permitted, except

the following:

i) State/ UT Governments may take a decision in respect of re-opening of

schools and coaching institutions, after 15h October 2020, in a graded

manner. The decision shall be taken in consultation with the respective

school/ institution management, based on their assessment of the

situation, and subject to the following conditions:

a. Onlinel distance learning shall continue to be the preferred mode of

teaching and shall be encouraged.

b. Where schools are conducting online classes, and some students prefer

to attend online classes rather than physically attend school, they may

be permitted to do so.

c. Students may attend schools/ institutions only with the written consent

of parents.

d. Attendance must not be enforced, and must depend entirely on parental

consent.

e. States /UTs will prepare their own standard operating procedure (SOP)

regarding health and safety precautions for reopening of schools/

institutions based on the SOP to be issued by Department of School

Education and Literacy (DoSEL), Ministry of Education, Government

of India, keeping local requirements in view.

f. Schools, which are allowed to open, will have to mandatorily follow

the SOP to be issued by Education Departments of States/ UTs

prepared as above.

i) Department of Higher Education (DHE), Ministry of Education may take

a decision on the timing of the opening of Colleges/ Higher Education

Institutions, in consultation with Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), based

on the assessment of the situation. Online/ distance learning shall continue

to be the preferred mode of teaching and shall be encouraged.

However, Higher Education Institutions only for research scholars (Ph.D)

and post-graduate students in science and technology stream requiring