The Punjab government on Monday, January 18, 2021 announced the reopening of all government, aided and non-aided colleges and all government and private universities from January 21. The Higher Education Department, Punjab, issued a detailed letter to all the universities and colleges in this regard.
All the colleges and universities will have to Covid-19 guidelines issued by the government.
As per the official spokesperson, the guidelines issued by the government states that 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.
The spokesperson added that hostels should be opened in the universities and colleges based on the guidelines. Hostel rooms should be allotted per student or according to the size of the room keeping in view the required distance / safety of the students and priority should be given to final year students at the time of allotment. He said that the mess / canteens in the educational institutions should be opened as per the instructions of the health department taking all necessary safety measures.
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