Maharashtra Allows Colleges to Reopen With 50% Attendance from February 15 The Maharashtra government on Wednesday said colleges...

Maharashtra Allows Colleges to Reopen With 50% Attendance from February 15

The Maharashtra government on Wednesday said colleges will be allowed to resume with 50% attendance from February 15. The government has also decided to relax the 75 per cent compulsory attendance criteria for the current academic year, said Uday Samant, Higher and Technical Education Minister.

The colleges are reopening in the state after ten months after the Covid-19 pandemic shut schools and other academic institutions across the country.

Universities can conduct examinations online as well as off-line as per the coronavirus situation in respective areas, the minister said.

"Colleges in the state can resume physical classes from February 15 with 50 per cent capacity," he said. Universities have been directed not to force students to pay full fees, and a committee is looking into fee-related grievances of students, Samant further said.