Karnataka: Post-matric hostels to reopen from tomorrow

• To complement the state government’s decision to reopen colleges for offline sessions from Tuesday.Social Welfare Minister B Sriramulu said on Friday tweeted,

“As was decided in the meeting chaired by Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa on October 23, the classes will begin for graduate and postgraduate students from November 17. In this backdrop post-matric hostels managed by the Social Welfare Department across the state will function from November 17.”

• According to the minister, the hostels managed by the Social Welfare Department will be sanitised and reopened in a bid to help students attending the sessions.

• Earlier in October, the state government had decided to reopen engineering, diploma, and degree colleges (including PG) that were shut due to the coronavirus pandemic.

• Students have been given options to either attend online, offline classes, or blended learning by using both options.

• Earlier last week, Health and Medical Education Minister K Sudhakar had announced the government’s decision to reopen all medical, dental, AYUSH, paramedical, nursing, and pharmacy colleges affiliated to the Rajiv Gandhi University of Health Sciences from December 1.

• However, the students have an option to either attend the classes physical or online. A blended leaning option would also be available to the students where they can choose to attend a few classes while take other classes online. Those attending the classes physically, however, would require a negative COVID19 report, as mandated in the SOPs.