Bengaluru: In Karnataka, schools that were closed in the wake of the covid expansion are reopening. The government has decided to start classes 9,10,11,12 from August 23. The decision on reopening primary schools and eighth class will be taken after assessing the covid situation in the state.
A decision will be taken by the end of August. Guidelines on covid standards to be followed when schools reopen will be issued soon. It was decided at the high-level meeting chaired by the Chief Minister to impose weekend curfew in the border districts of Kerala and Maharashtra and to impose a curfew from 9.00 pm to 10 pm instead of 10 pm.