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Delhi schools to conduct hybrid classes for grades up to 9 and 11 due to worsening air pollution.
Schools in Delhi to go hybrid from tomorrow.
The Delhi Directorate of Education (DoE) on Wednesday asked all schools to hold hybrid classes for students up to class 9 and class 11. This decision came after stage four restrictions of the Graded Response Action Plan were put in place due to a sharp drop in air quality in the city.
The India Meteorological Department and the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology warned that the AQI could soon cross 400.
As a result, the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM) instructed authorities in Delhi-NCR to immediately implement all measures under stages 3 and 4.
In a circular, the DoE stated, “All heads of government, government-aided, unaided private schools under DoE, NDMC, MCD, and the Delhi Cantonment Board are directed to conduct hybrid classes for students up to Class 9 and 11, wherever online learning is feasible, effective immediately until further notice.”
Stage 4 curbs include a ban on all construction activities, entry of non-essential polluting trucks into Delhi, and mandatory shifting of school classes, except for classes 10 and 12, to hybrid mode.
In Haryana, all schools will conduct physical classes from tomorrow, except in Faridabad and Gurugram.
