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Unlock 4.0: Union Health Ministry issues SOP for teaching activities in classrooms

14 Sep 2020, 05:05 by KalingaTV Bureau

New Delhi: Union Health Ministry has issued a Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for Skill training institutes, Higher Education Institutes conducting courses in technical programs requiring lab work to be permitted from September 21.

Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare, Ashwini Kr. Choubey has shared a picture of the guidelines on his Twitter handle.

According to the guidelines, the seating arrangement should be done in an order to ensure a distance of 6 feet between chairs, desks.

“The staggering of classroom activities, with separate time slots, to allow adequate physical distancing and disinfection of classroom premises. Academic scheduling to have intermix of regular classroom teaching and online assessment. Teaching faculty to ensure that they and students ear masks throughout teaching activities. Sharing of items like laptops, notebook, stationery amongst students to not to be allowed,” the guidelines said.