Ahmedabad: Gujarat's Vijay Rupani government will consider starting the school back only after Deepawali. State Education Department Secretary Vinod Rao said, there is no plan to open the school at present. Rao said, "We will not do it immediately. We will consider starting a school only after Deepawali after assessing the condition of coronavirus infection."

He said the Education Department is in touch with the parents of the students and school associations over the issue.  The state government had earlier decided to start the school from September 21. Under the Centre's Standard Operating Procedure (SOP), students were allowed to go to school to seek the guidance of teachers with parental permission. According to the new SOP, the Centre has allowed states and union territories to decide to resume schools in a phased manner from October 15.

Jatin Bharad, vice-president of the Self-Financing School Management Association of Gujarat, said, "The Centre's guidelines for reopening schools from October 15 cannot be implemented due to corona epidemic in Gujarat. It is too early to open schools especially for students below class X."

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