KATHMANDU:. Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC) has granted permission to operate the schools in the Kathmandu Valley after ten months.
The schools, which had remained closed since March 24 due to the coronavirus pandemic, have been allowed to operate by adopting health standards set by the government.
A meeting of the Education Committee of the KMC held on Sunday paved the way for running schools.
Bidya Sundar Shakya, chairperson of the committee and Mayor of KMC informed that all the schools would be informed to make arrangements for the operation of the classrooms by preparing the school operation framework based on the criteria issued by the Ministry of Health.
He said that the school will be run under the supervision of the school management committee and parents’ association as per the ‘Student Learning Facilitation Guideline-2077’ issued by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology and the ‘Health Safety Criteria’ issued by the Ministry of Health and Population.
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