Special sanitation drive in schools, colleges till August 30: Ministers

Elected representatives asked to visit school in their areas on daily basis

The Education and Panchayat Raj Departments have asked the authorities to take up special sanitation drive in all educational institutions, particularly schools, by August 30 as physical classes for KG to PG classes and also pre-primary level (anganwadi) will resume from September 1. Schools up to Class 10 have been shut from the last week of March 2020 and only online classes are being run since then. Higher educational institutions, however, had physical classes intermittently this academic year, in compliance with COVID-19 safety norms. In a video-conference with district collectors, additional collectors, Zilla Parishad chairpersons, municipal chairpersons and mayors, district education, Municipal and Panchayat officials, Minister for Education P. Sabitha Indra Reddy and Minister for Panchayat Raj E. Dayakar Rao on Tuesday gave instructions for undertaking sanitation at schools and colleges as per provisions so that there was inconvenience to students.