Dimapur, Feb. 25 (EMN): In exercise of the powers conferred under Section 22 (2) and Section 22 (2) of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, and in the capacity of State Executive Committee chairperson, Nagaland Chief Secretary, J Alam, has permitted the reopening of pre-primary sections of schools in the state for the conduct of physical/ offline classes with up to 50% attendance with effect from March 1.
It informed that the attendance of any student for the physical/ offline classes would be with parental consent. It added that the re-opening of any school would be subjected to all the teachers and non-teaching staff of the school concerned being fully vaccinated (taken both the doses) against Covid-19. If not vaccinated, the person concerned should have been tested negative for Covid-19 through either RT-PCR or TrueNat or CBNAAT once in every 15 days.
The notification also stated that reopening of school would be subjected to adherence to all the provisions of the standing operating procedure (SOP) on the preventive measures to contain the spread of Covid-19 for physical/ offline classes in the pre-primary sections.
