The education department of Goa plans to commence the next academic year by September. Usually the academic session begins in the first week of June. However, it has been delayed this year due to coronavirus pandemic.
Initially the government postponed the reopening after 15 August. But the state education minister Santosh Amonkar told the press that “But that doesn’t seem to be happening now looking at the COVID-19 outbreak in the state. We are expecting that at least by September we should be able to start the schools”.
He further added that “Even if we start the schools, it would be in a staggered manner. Higher classes like standard XII would start first, he said, adding that students in higher classes are able to maintain social distancing and abide by the guidelines.”
He also mentioned conducting the online classes for the students, however many students don’t have adequate facilities to do the same. He mentioned that “The government has already instructed that teachers should help the students who could not make it to the online classes.”
The government has also planned to reduce the syllabus by 30% for the upcoming academic year.