IMPHAL: In order to curb the rising COVID-19 cases in the state of Manipur, the state government has announced summer vacation in all government, private schools in the state starting from May 1.
As per the notification, all schools will remain closed from May 1 to May 31, 2021.
Notably, the Manipur School Education commissioner T Ranjit Singh in an official notification issued on Monday said that the decision for early summer vacation was taken due to an unprecedented surge in Covid-19 cases. Read more
Meanwhile, the education department has also been instructed to make necessary arrangements for the conduct of online classes after the summer vacation.
Teachers, government officials have been asked to perform their official duties during the vacation.
Manipur Government has directed all heads of institutions—principals, vice-principals, headmaster, headmistress to make an arrangement for detailing at least four to five staff members by making an appropriate daily roster of them (teaching and non-teaching). The order has further instructed authorities to ensure their attendance in the institutions and to render unavoidable official duties during the period of vacation. Read more
Earlier, Manipur Government had announced to postpone the Class 10 and 12 board examinations. The Manipur Board Exams 2021 were scheduled to begin from May 6 and May 5, 2021, respectively.
As of April 27, Manipur's COVID-19 tally has risen to 30,742 as 175 more people tested positive for the coronavirus while three new fatalities pushed the coronavirus death toll to 393 on Tuesday. Read more