November 29, 2021

Jammu and Kashmir Covid19 Fresh Guidelines.

Jammu and Kashmir Covid19 Fresh Guidelines detials: Offline Board Examination for 12th and 10th classes shall be permitted to be held in staggered manner keeping in view all the Social Distancing Norms & Covid Appropriate Behaviour. The following directions shall be strictly adhered to by the concerned institutions conducting the offline board examinations:

a. All the students coming for offline board examination to the venue shall carry consent for each examination duly signed by their parents/legal guardians.

b. The sanitisation of the examination hall, furniture and toilets should be carried out daily before and after the exams.

c. The seating arrangement should be made in such a manner that every second desk is left vacant to maintain physical distancing.

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d. Vaccinating the teachers, staff and officials involved in conducting the examination with the cooperation of the district administration shall be made mandatory.

e. There should be a thermal scanner, pulse oximeter, first aid boxes and hand sanitisers at the venue of the examination.

f. All the students appearing for examination must mandatorily be wearing masks & arrangement to this affect needs to be ensured by the concerned institution.

g. Separate facility should be provided to the students showing any symptoms like cough, common cold and flu.

h. It shall be the responsibility of Board authorities and Head of the schools to ensure that the Covid protocols are strictly adhered to

vi. As regards the education institutions, following directions shall be adhered to:

a. Classes for 12th standard shall be permitted with limited in-person teaching not exceeding 50% on a given day, for vaccinated students and staff. Consent shall be obtained from the parents of all students who are willing to attend the school. The school premises should be thoroughly sanitised.

Proper screening regarding vaccination should be done on the school gate. If students or teachers or other school staff shows symptoms of cough, cold, or fever, they will not be allowed to enter the school. The Head of the school must ensure that the guidelines related to social distancing and Covid protocols are strictly followed.

b. Limited in-person teaching of students of 10th class, not exceeding 50% on any given day, and after ensuring compliance with Covid Appropriate Behaviour by the school authorities, can be permitted by concerned Deputy Commissioners after due screening through 100% Rapid Antigen Test or RT-PCR, subject to consent of parents and students. The schools will strictly follow Covid related protocols.

c. The schools, except for relaxations as provided above for students of 12th and 10th classes, shall continue to remain closed for on-site / in- person teaching.

d. Limited in-person teaching of vaccinated students, not exceeding 50% on any given day, shall be permitted in Polytechnics and ITIs subject to consent of parents and students and all measures as per Covid related protocols.

e. Coaching Centres for Civil Services/Engineering/NEET shall be permitted with limited in-person teaching, for fully vaccinated staff and student, subject to condition that the Head of the centre shall ensure that the guidelines related to social distancing and Covid protocols are adhered to.

f. All other Coaching Centres, except those indicated above, shall continue to remain closed for onsite / in-person teaching.

g. Higher educational institutions shall be permitted to commence limited in-person teaching subject to 100% vaccination of staff and students and specific permission of concerned Deputy Commissioners. Such institutions can organise special vaccination camps in consultation with district administration. The Head of these institutions must ensure that the guidelines related to social distancing and Covid protocols are adhered to.

h. Educational institutions shall be permitted to direct attendance of vaccinated staff for administrative purposes only.

vii. Night Curfew shall continue to remain in force in all districts from 9 pm to 6 am but for those districts with positivity rate below 0.2 and weekly case load below 250 where it would be from 11 pm to 6 am.

viii. All Deputy Commissioners shall intensify testing by making optimum use of available RT-PCR and RAT capacities. There shall be no drop in testing levels

ix. The Deputy Commissioners shall also focus on the positivity rates of the Medical-Blocks under their jurisdictions. Intensified measures related to Covid management and restriction of activities shall be undertaken in these Blocks.

x. There shall be renewed focus on Panchayat level/Medical Block mapping of cases and effective micro-containment zones shall be constituted wherever unusual spike of cases is noticed. Effectiveness of micro containment zones shall be decided on the basis of number of cases reported from such zones.

xi. The DCs shall keep active track of the positivity rates in their respective jurisdictions. Strict perimeter control (Micro-Containment Zone) shall be implemented for any unusual spike in Positivity Rate in any given locality/area. This shall be done to ensure no movement of people in or out of these zones, except for medical emergencies and for maintaining supply of essential goods and services. Following Standard Operating Procedure shall be followed for these defined Micro Containment Zones:

Download J&K Official COVID19 Guidelines released by J&K Govt.