The Ministry of Education has asked states and Union Territories to update data about vaccination of teachers twice a week on a Google tracker. In a meeting with education secretaries from states and Union Territories, the Ministry of Education asked the officials to come with a roadmap for vaccinating the teachers on priority.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Wednesday said more than 2 Cr extra COVID-19 vaccine doses are being made available to states this month, and they have been asked to vaccinate all school teachers on priority before Teachers' Day on Sept 5.

Accordingly, the state education secretaries were asked to discuss with their respective health departments and district collectors to prepare a roadmap for vaccination of teachers at the earliest. The states have also been asked to share vaccination details of teachers twice a week on a google tracker provided by the ministry," ," an MoE official said.

Schools across the country were closed in March last year ahead of a nationwide lockdown to contain the spread of novel coronavirus infection. The Centre had allowed reopening of schools as per the Covid-19 situation in October last year. While several states began partial reopening of schools, there was a complete closure again in April when an aggressive second wave of Covid-19 hit the country.

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