The schools, colleges in West Bengal will be reopened from February 3. Addressing a press conference on Monday, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said schools for classes 8 to 12, colleges, universities and polytechnic institutes will reopen on that day. "We will decide on reopening primary schools later," she said. Banerjee said the COVID-19 situation in the state has improved a lot, because of which certain relaxations are being given
Meanwhile, schools, colleges across the country will be reopened from February 1. Schools in Karnataka, Tripura were reopened from January 31, while in states like Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Haryana, Telangana, the schools will resume physical classes from February 1.
Schools and colleges in Bengal have largely remained shut since March 16 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Institutes had briefly opened in November last year only to close down again as number of infections started soaring across the state.
- With PTI Inputs
