Haryana: Colleges, polytechnics allowed to reopen for college students | Education

The Haryana authorities has allowed faculties and polytechnics to reopen for college students via an official order issued on September 18. The state authorities has prolonged the Mahamari alert-Surakshit Haryana for an additional fortnight; from September 20, 5 am until October 4, 5 am. 

As per the official order, “colleges and polytechnics are allowed to reopen for students with strict adherence of requisite social distancing norms, regular covid appropriate behavioural norms, the guidelines as indicated in the SOPs released by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and regular sanitization of the premises.”

“Department of Higher Education and Department of Technical Education, Haryana will release guidelines for implementation of these orders immediately,” it provides.

Regarding the reopening of residential universities, it has been mentioned {that a} determination shall be taken on October 15. Meanwhile, the Vice Chancellors of those universities have been requested to proceed conducting lessons on-line.

Coaching establishments, libraries and coaching institutes had already been given the permission to open by following social distancing guidelines.