Puducherry, December 31: Schools in Puducherry and Karaikal region will resume their regular academics activities from January 4 with all the COVID-19 protocols in place, officials said. As per a circular issued by the Puducherry administration, there will be regular classes for the students of standards I to XII. However, there is no compulsion for the students to attend the schools.

"The classes will be conducted in the forenoon sessions from 10 am to 1 pm on all six days (Monday to Saturday) of a week," states the circular. Government Schools to be Privatised Throughout India? PIB Fact Check Terms The Report Fake News.

The government instructed the heads of all government or private schools in Puducherry and Karaikal regions to adhere to the Standard Operating Procedures (SoPs) to combat COVID-19.

Colleges have already re-opened from mid-December for the research scholars, final year postgraduate, and undergraduate students.

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