Schools, colleges in West Bengal to reopen on November 16

Schools and colleges in West Bengal will reopen for offline classes on November 16, as per official notifications issued by the state government, days after Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made the announcement. This matter was debated and discussed at length before this decision was made.

The schools will reopen for students of classes 9 to 12, according to a notice issued by the School Education Department late one evening last week. In another notification, the Higher Education Department asked teaching and non-teaching staff to go…