10 months after Covid outbreak, colleges reopen to poor response in Punjab
The Punjab government Monday ordered full reopening of all government, aided and non-aided colleges and all government and private universities from January 21. All the higher educational institutes have to follow the guidelines issued by the Punjab government regarding Covid-19 from time to time.
The Higher Education Department, Punjab, issued a detailed letter to all the universities and colleges in this regard.
The official spokesperson said that as per the guidelines issued by the government, in the interest of the students, the educational institutions should conduct classes through both offline and online medium and conduct the semester / annual examinations through offline medium only. At the same time, students would be allowed to take classes as per their choice and no institute should compel students to attend the classes physically.
