Only two will be allowed to sit on each bench at classrooms after the reopening of primary schools, and everyone in those institutions — students, teachers and other staffers — will have to wear masks.
All schools will also have to ensure arrangements for hand washing and measuring body temperature.
Although it is not yet certain when schools, closed due to the coronavirus pandemic, will reopen, the Ministry of Primary and Mass Education has finalised a plan for the reopening, incorporating these provisions following the Covid-19 health guidelines.
The ministry yesterday asked the authorities concerned, including Directorate of Primary Education, deputy commissioners and primary education officers, to make necessary preparations in this regard, said relevant officials.
