Higher education institutes in Uttar Pradesh will commence classes effective from November 23 following guidelines set by University Grand Commission (UGC), an official spokesperson said Tuesday. The classes will run with certain restrictions including maintaining social distancing, using hand sanitizers, thermal scanning and other facilities, according to the government order.

Additional Chief Secretary, Higher Education, Monika Garg has issued detailed promulgation to all the state and private universities, district magistrates and registrars, the spokesperson said. The classes will be conducted in a phased manner.  Further, it has been made mandatory for teachers, students, and employees to wear identity cards, he said.

The institutions have been asked to prepare an academic calendar and run classes as per rotation with 50 percent of students.  The UGC had last week notified guidelines for reopening of universities and colleges across the country which have been closed since March in view of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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