The purpose of this document is to provide clear and actionable guidance for safe operations through the prevention, early detection and control of COVID-19 in schools. Following basic principles can help keep students, teachers, and staff safe at school and help stop the spread of this disease. Recommendations for healthy schools are:

•  All children must wear masks to school and also carry one extra mask to school.
•  All children must carry a handkerchief/ tissue paper and hand sanitiser with them.
•  Parents are requested to monitor the health of their children regularly.
•  Before sending your ward to school, please check his/her temperature in the morning and look for any other symptoms of illness. If your child is sick, keep them home and notify the school of your child’s absence and symptoms.
•  Children may be less likely to present with fever as an initial symptom and may have only gastrointestinal tract symptoms as per studies. So children with stomach issues also need to stay home.
• Children with chronic health problems/allergies etc. need to carry their medicines with written instructions to school for using the same in case of any need.
•  In case of any illness during school hours, the child will be made to sit in the waiting area and parents will be informed to take back the child home.
•  Teach your children to follow good hand hygiene, distancing and respiratory etiquette in school.
•  Encourage your ward to carry all required articles to avoid sharing with other students. Also, label personal things to avoid any kind of confusion.
•  Sharing of tiffins and water bottles will not be allowed at all.
•  In case your ward has a travelling history in the last week or attended any public gathering/function or shows any symptoms related to COVID-19, inform the school authorities and do not send your child to school for at least one more week. Thus total time away from school in such cases should be at least two weeks.
•  If there is any Corona Patient at home or the concerned individual had contact with corona positive case, the student/employee needs to quarantine herself/himself for 14 days.
•  After a leave of more than 2 days, the child will be permitted to school only with medical fitness certificate from a Paediatrician/GP.
•  Encourage your ward to avoid any physical contact with other students.
•  Students are required to sit only at their designated desks. It is advised to follow this norm, especially during recess.
•  It is advised to opt for a private mode of transportation if possible.
• The school canteen will remain closed. So, the children must carry proper meals with them.
•  Since the knowledge about COVID-19 is changing rapidly, you must be open to adapting to any change in the guidelines that the school has provided.
•  Parents are requested to submit an emergency contact number to the school that should not be switched off or unavailable at any point in time.
• Coordinate with school authorities and follow all the Corona control measures honestly to ensure the good health of children.