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"About 70 per cent of people wanted schools to reopen, according to a Delhi government survey. We are still working on the protocols. It will be a blended mode of online and in-person classes," Mr Sisodia, also the Education Minister, said.
"Given that Covid cases have come down and the positivity rate is just 0.1 per cent, we feel we can open schools now. Almost 98 per cent of staff in Delhi schools have had at least one dose," he said.
Colleges and coaching institutes for the senior school students will also be allowed to reopen from September 1, Mr Sisodia said, adding that a decision on Classes below 9 will be taken after another round of feedback.
Friday's set of decisions were cleared at a meeting of the Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) following recommendations of an expert committee set up by the panel.
In its report submitted on Wednesday, the committee had recommended that students from senior classes should be called in the first phase followed by the middle-grade students and ultimately the primary classes.
The committee had also said that willing parents should have the option of sending their child to school and others can opt for online classes.
Schools in the national capital were ordered shut last year in March ahead of a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of the coronavirus.
While several states started partial reopening of schools in October last year, the Delhi government allowed physical classes only for Classes 9-12 in January this year, which were again suspended following the surge in COVID-19 cases during the devastating second wave.
Currently, students of Classes 10, 11 and 12 can visit schools with the consent of parents for admission and board exam-related activities.
The latest proposal to reopen schools had parents and the education community divided as some expressed concerns about a possible third wave and others were worried about the loss of learning and setback to the children's growth.
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