Manipur schools reopen after two months of violence

Schools in Manipur reopened on July 5, more than two months after closure due to an ethnic violence that erupted on May 3.

GUWAHATI

Schools in Manipur reopened on July 5, more than two months after closure due to an ethnic violence that erupted on May 3.

Officials in the State said a total of 4,521 schools have resumed from Classes I to VIII but an average of about 20% of the students were in attendance.

“The low attendance can be attributed to the fear among the parents and students besides issues of transportation,” an official of the Education Department said.

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According to a July 4 order issued by L. Nandakumar Singh, the Director of Education (Schools), Manipur has 4,617 schools but the notification for reopening would not apply to 96 institutions that have been turned into relief camps for the violence-displaced people.

Churachandpur district heads the list of the number of such schools at 41, followed by 17 in adjoining Bishnupur, 10 in Kakching, eight each in Imphal East and Kangpokpi, four each in Ukhrul and Tengnoupal, and two each in Imphal West and Thoubal.