Key Points:
- On Sunday, Minister of Higher and Technical education, Uday Samant met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Samant said that the state government is likely to restart offline lectures in colleges and universities.
- The Governor voiced the same opinion and said that allowing physical classes for schools and not allowing offline classes college and universities is contradictory.
- The report of the discussion will be presented to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for the final decision.
On Sunday, Minister of Higher and Technical education, Uday Samant met Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari. Samant said that the state government is likely to restart offline lectures in colleges and universities.
Samant had also called a meeting of vice-chancellors of the universities on Monday to discuss the issue in detail. The vice-chancellors, in the meeting, demanded restarting of physical classes of colleges and universities without any delay. The Governor also voiced the same opinion and said that allowing physical classes for schools and not allowing offline classes college and universities is contradictory.
“I came to know through newspapers about reopening of Class 5 to 8 in schools across the state, hence not allowing physical classes at colleges and universities looks contradictory. Universities have already started their academic year and their online lectures are also going on. Since the Covid-19 pandemic has come under control, the universities should consider resuming physical classes at colleges. They can conduct classes in shifts,” the Governor had said in the meeting on Friday.
After the meeting, Samant is said to have met the Governor of the state, Koshyari and said that the Maharashtra government will give out the decision in a day or two. The Maharashtra Government will soon issue a separate Covid 19 guidelines or standard operating procedures. The SOP will be mandated for the opening of colleges and universities across the state.
Except for the city of Mumbai, the Maharashtra state government has allowed physical classes for students between Class 5 and Class 12 in phases. Universities have begun their academic year Online and now that the Covid-19 threat is under control, the Government must think of reopening the colleges.
The report of the discussion will be presented to the Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray for the final decision.
