Schools in Karnataka will be reopened by the month of August and September 2020. The Government of Karnataka has passed the orders of reopening the schools in the state based on the current situation of Covid-19. The Karnataka Minister of Primary and Secondary Education S Suresh Kumar made the announcement, according to media reports.
The state will be working on a new scheme so as to make the process smooth once the schools will be re-opened. The education minister stated that schools will not be reopened for the time being and the children will be taught through the different teaching-learning mediums used.
Online classes in Karnataka:-
The schools and colleges in Karnataka have been closed since March 2020 post-Covid-19 lockdown. The schools across the states were taking online classes. Online classes have been criticized for creating a disparity in society as not everyone have an access to the Internet. Subsequently, the state government imposed a ban on online classes for students from LKG to fifth standard. The Karnataka High Court stay has been imposed on the ban of hearing.
The state is currently running online classes following the High Court's order which does not make the online classes compulsory for students. Also, schools cannot charge extra fees for online classes.