Srinagar, Sep 10: The government Friday said that the process of re-opening of colleges will resume from Monday with limited in-person teaching subject to 100 percent vaccination of staff and students.
Commissioner Secretary to government for Higher Education Department, Sushma Chauhan said that some colleges in Jammu and Kashmir will resume their physical academics from Monday.
“Almost all colleges in Jammu and Kashmir will resume the physical academic activities in a weeks’ time and the gradual process of its reopening will start from Monday” Chauhan said.
In the meantime, the government in an order said, “Higher Education Institutions have been permitted to commence with limited in-person teaching subject to 100 percent vaccination of staff and students.”
“It is ordered that government degree colleges of Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir shall reopen for in-person teaching subject to specific permission of the concerned deputy Commissioner,” reads the government order.
The order further states that the Head of concerned Institutions must ensure that the guidelines related to social distancing and COVID-19 protocol are adhered to in letter and spirit.
Pertinently, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir, P K Pole on September -04 has said that the administration was planning to complete the vaccination process among the students and staff in two weeks to reopen the colleges and universities.
In a review meeting of COVID-19 vaccination, Pole had called for completion of 100 percent vaccination of all staff and students of universities and colleges in Kashmir.
