With unlock4, now the schools have been given permission to operate but only with 50% of facilities. The Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare issued the standard operating procedure (SOP) for the reopening of schools. The SOP is applicable for students of Classes 9 to 12 for whom schools are reopening on a voluntary basis in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic. 

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Even as India became the country with the second-highest number of coronavirus cases in the world, the government said, on Tuesday, that the phase-wise unlocking would involve the partial resumption of activities in schools for students of Classes 9 to 12 on a voluntary basis from September 21. Generic preventive measures issued by the MOHFW include simple public health measures that are to be followed to reduce the risk of COVID-19. These measures need to be observed by all (teachers, employees and students) in these places at all times.

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Reopening of schools is applicable only to schools that are outside containment zones. Students, teachers and school employees living in containment zones will not be allowed to attend school. Prior to the reopening of the schools, the government has stated, all areas are to be sanitized with 1% sodium hypochlorite solution, with particular attention to frequently touched surfaces. Deep cleaning will take place at schools that were used as quarantine centers. Up to 50% of the non-teaching staff may come to work for online teaching/tele-counseling and related work. 

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