Puducherry schools reopen for classes 1 to 8
Dec 06, 2021
Puducherry [India], December 6 : All schools across Puducherry reopened for classes 1 to 8 on Monday.
Students were seen wearing masks and following COVID-19 appropriate behaviour.
Earlier on Sunday, the government of Puducherry had announced that COVID-19 vaccination is compulsory in the Union Territory with immediate effect.
Earlier this week, former Chief Minister of Puducherry, V Narayanasamy had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow booster dose for people inoculated with two doses of COVID-19 vaccine.
Schools were shut since March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic imposed lockdown. Since the number of cases in the Union Territory is now on a decline, the decision to reopen primary schools was taken.
Classes 9 to 12 have already reopened for a few months now.
