West Bengal Schools, Colleges To Reopen From November 16: Mamata Banerjee

A school education department official said the government will issue a notification for resuming classroom teaching from classes nine to 12.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday said schools and colleges in the state will reopen from November 16, after a gap of around 20 months, and directed the chief secretary to facilitate the process.

A school education department official said the government will issue a notification for resuming classroom teaching from classes nine to 12.

The decision about reopening schools for other classes will be made later depending on the emergent Covid-19 situation, the official said.

Plans are being chalked out for resuming physical classes in colleges, a source in the state secretariat said.