Final year UG, PG classes begin on a cautious note

Ensuring physical distancing, other protocols to be key challenge in coming days

Ensuring physical distancing and other pandemic protocols will be the key challenge in the coming days as offline classes for final year undergraduate and postgraduate programmes resumed after a long break here on Monday.

An atmosphere of cautious optimism was evident across campuses in Ernakulam district in view of the restrictions prescribed by the government. Students wearing masks were welcomed by security guards at the entry gate, who recorded their body temperature using infrared thermometers.

A help desk comprising student volunteers and faculty members coordinated the entry of students into the campus. Hand sanitisers were kept at entry points. The initial feedback from faculty members showed that the first day of reopening went off smoothly even though they had to repeatedly remind the students of the need to ensure physical distancing and follow norms.