Schools can reopen in Delhi NCR as the Supreme Court has allowed the CAQM (Commission for Air Quality Management) to consider allowing offline schools or hybrid classes. The SC cited lack of access to lunches and online education as the main reasons behind this exception.
It may be noted that the Supreme Court has agreed to consider relaxing some of the measures currently implemented under the Graded Response Action Plan IV (GRAP IV) to reduce air pollution levels in Delhi-NCR. These measures also include the closure of schools.
In this regard, some parents had filed a petition in the high court, saying that not all houses have clean air and not all have technical facilities available for children’s online classes. Additionally, the Delhi government had ordered closure of all schools after the air quality index (AQI) in Delhi-NCR reached the ‘above severe’ category. All classes except classes 10 and 12 have moved to online mode.
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