Bengaluru: The government of Karnataka has decided to begin the physical classes of higher education institutions from November 17th. This applies to undergraduate, postgraduate, engineering, and diploma colleges.

The Deputy Chief Minister Dr. C.N.Ashwatha Narayana, who is also the minister for higher education, announced this on Friday after he made a presentation to the Chief Minister B.S.Yediyurappa about the preparations being made by the concerned department towards this.

However, the students will be having the option of attending the classes physically or online. But for practical sessions, it will be mandatory for the students to attend physically. The decision is taken keeping in mind the interest of the future of the students. For those who want to attend the physical classes student consent letter and parent consent letter is necessary and also they have to register their names, he explained.

In the Presentation made to the Chief Minister, Standard Operating Procedures-SOP, Academic Guidelines, General Guidelines, other matters like the opening of hostels and issuance of bus pass to students, Digital Learning Management System- DLMS, E-Content, DLMS-features, DLMS-Analytics, the equipment needed for the implementation of Digital Learning were explained.

Each college will be having a covid task force to ensure the adherence to the SOP and guidelines while running the classes. Earlier the government wanted to open the primary education institutions in the first stage and higher education in the later stage. But now, the government has changed this and decided to open the classes of higher education in the first stage, Ashwatha Narayana informed.

The cooperation of various departments is sought and is necessary to run the classes. The departments of Social welfare, OBC, health, and higher education will be involved in this. The District Commissioners are told to take the required action, he told.
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