BHAKTAPUR, DECEMBER 27

Madhyapur Thimi Municipality is not ready to grant permission to schools in its area to resume classes physically.

Schools have been closed since March due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Although different municipalities have resumed physical classes, Madhyapur Thimi Municipality has not given permission to resume classes physically saying that there is still high risk of coronavirus infection.

At a programme organised by Private and Boarding School Organisation Nepal, Madhyapur Thimi Municipal Working Committee here today, Mayor of Madhyapur Thimi Municipality Madan Sundar Shrestha said the municipality would not grant permission to open schools in the present condition where there was still high risk of COVID infection.

He said, “Now, classes as well as examinations are being conducted virtually.

Let’s run virtual classes until the next decision.”

However, members of school management committees argued that Madhyapur Thimi Municipality should not stop schools from running classes with physical presence as other districts and municipalities had already granted permission for the same.

Saying that all students have not attended virtual classes, they stressed the need to run classes with physical presence by adopting all health safety measures.

Central Vice-chairperson of PAB- SON Deepika Thapa, Central Joint-Treasurer Ganesh Babu Pokharel, Chairperson of PABSON, Bhaktapur, Chandra Kumar Adhikari and Central member of HISAN Birendra Jayana, among others, talked about the problems and challenges in the education sector in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic.

Saying that the education sector has been facing lots of problems due to coronavirus, Chairperson of Madhyapur Thimi PABSON Working Committee Nilesh Acharya said the entire education sector was facing problem as the government did not formulate the school operation policy in the beginning.

Similarly, member of the Municipality Education Committee Suman Basnet briefed about the condition of schools in Madhyapur Thimi Municipality.

Congratulating the municipality for being awarded with ‘Asian Townscape Award’ for the first time in the country, Acharya presented a letter of appreciation to Mayor Shrestha.

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