Chandigarh Administration plans to reopen colleges from next month

Dushyant Singh Pundir

Tribune News Service

Chandigarh, July 10

With a sharp decline in fresh Covid-19 cases, the UT Administration is planning to reopen colleges from the next month, after vaccinating the students and staff.

On the directions of the Administration, the UT Health Department has decided to hold special vaccination camps to administer the Covid jab to the maximum number of students before the reopening of colleges. Students too have been appealed to get themselves vaccinated before joining college.

An official said they were planning to reopen colleges next month as the ongoing semester examinations would be over by the first week of August. However, the option of online mode of study would continue for the time being for the students reluctant to attend physical classes and those who could not get vaccinated.

The official said all college heads had also been asked to provide vaccination data of the teaching and non-teaching staff.

However, no decision has been taken on reopening of schools, fearing the possibility of a third wave of coronavirus.

After the Covid outbreak in February-March last year, the authorities had decided to reopen the colleges in February this year. However, the authorities had again ordered the closure of the colleges in March after a sudden surge in the number of cases in the second wave of coronavirus.