Primary, middle schools reopen in Kashmir

After a long wait of the Covid-19 outbreak, primary and middle school physical classes have resumed in Kashmir. Students who do not wish to attend the school have the option of attending online classes for the entire period. Only those students were allowed to attend schools who had been granted permission in writing by their parents.

Schools reopened in the valley on Monday after a long gap of one year, but the attendance recorded was very very low due to the Covid-19 infection. Officials said the students of primary and middle schools resumed the class work on Monday. They said the attendance, however, was on the lower side in the wake of some Covid-19 positive cases being detected in some schools of the Valley over the past 14 days after the high and higher secondary schools were reopened by the administration. "The exact number of students who attended the classes today would be known later in the evening as the figures are pouring in," the officials said.