The Union Ministry of Education (MoE) has asked all the states and Union Territories to get the first dose of vaccination completed for all teaching and non-teaching staff during September. In a meeting with education secretaries from states and UTs, School Education Secretary Anita Karwal asked the officials to come up with a roadmap for vaccinating the teachers on priority. The schools have to update data about the vaccination of teachers twice a week on a Google tracker.

An initial comprehensive assessment of the current levels of vaccination among teachers and non-teaching staff will be available by September 3, according to a senior official. States will then continue to update the information on a weekly basis.

This comes a week after the Health Ministry announced that 2 crore extra vaccines would be sent to States by August 31 to vaccinate all teachers and non-teaching staff. Most States have reopened school buildings and started in-person classes for high school students or will do so next month, i.e., in September.

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