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Assam cabinet approves re-opening of physical classes for class X from September 20

State education minister Dr Ranoj Pegu said that after a review of the Covid-19 situation in the next 10 days, the government will take a decision on the re-opening of other classes.
Assam cabinet approves re-opening of physical classes for class X from September 20
State education minister Dr Ranoj Pegu said that after a review of the Covid-19 situation in the next 10 days, the government will take a decision on the re-opening of other classes.
Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Thursday approved re-opening of physical classes for class X in the state from September 20.
Physical classes for class XII and final year classes for graduate and post-graduate courses have already started from September 6.
State education minister Dr Ranoj Pegu at the post-cabinet briefing said, “We have not received reports of any unusual situation after re-opening of offline final year classes and so the cabinet has decided to allow re-opening of physical classes for class X from September 20.”
Pegu said that after a review of the Covid-19 situation in the next 10 days, the government will take a decision on the re-opening of other classes.

“I want to appeal to parents and students to be ready for physical classes soon. If the situation continues to improve after a week or 10 days, we will make a decision on graded re-opening of physical classes for other classes," Pegu said.
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Prabin Kalita is a journalist at The Times of India and is currently the Chief of Bureau (northeast). He has been reporting in mainstream Indian national media since 2001. He has been a field journalist reporting gamut of issues from India’s northeastern region and major developments in neighbouring countries like Myanmar, China, Bhutan and Bangladesh concerning India and northeastern region. He has been covering insurgency—internal and cross-border, politics, natural calamities, environment etc. He is a post-graduate in Geological Sciences from Gauhati University.

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