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Over 7 months since universities and other educational institutions across the country shut down after a countrywide lockdown was announced to contain the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak, the University Grants Commission has now issued guidelines for their reopening.

According to the Centre, the decision on opening of educational institutions has been left to States/UTs as per the Union home ministry's September order, which is valid till November, 2020

The Supreme Court on Wednesday (October 28) refused to stay a Calcutta High Court order directing educational institutions to offer a minimum of 20% reduction in school fees due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

By second week of November, the Karnataka government may allow all under graduate and post graduate educational institutions to reopen after a gap of 8 months. However, there are guidelines that the institutions will have to follow. 
 

After a six-month-long hiatus due to COVID-19, educational institutions were reopened in Assam.
 

West Bengal education minister Partha Chatterjee is not supportive of the unlocking of educational institutions amidst the COVID-19 pandemic. He said that the guidelines on education given in the fourth phase of the Union Home Ministry's unlocking phase has not yet reached him. He is not satisfied with the Union Home Ministry's decision to open schools and colleges.
 

Online classes are being conducted by educational institutions for students. Families in the villages, however, do not have the capacity to afford mobile phones and internet connection for online classes. Jangalmahal students are being deprived of online classes due to financial problems.

 Schools, colleges and educational institutions will remain shut till the end of August, the government said in a set of fresh guidelines issued today.
 

Earlier, in Mizoram, it was decided to open educational institutions for the current academic session from July 15
 

In the backdrop of rising COVID-19 cases, the Karnataka government decided to convert educational institutions into COVID care centres
 

 Educational institutions have begun online classes so that students won't miss out on lessons. But online learning still remains a challenge for many in the country.

 

The government has decided to reopen schools and educational institutions in July after discussing the coronavirus situation with states and union territories

Narayana Group of Educational Institutions is now streaming a daily average of over 10,000 live online classes across the country in more than 600 branches to more than 75,000 students.

 

Top academicians and vice-chancellors also said that such things were not only leading to violence between different sections of students but also intolerance against teachers and intellectuals.