Instructions to operate hostels in tribal areas with caution

Instructions to operate hostels in tribal areas with caution. Commissioner Tribal Development wrote a letter to collectors Bhopal: Monday, February 22, 2021, 21:09 IST Instructions have been issued regarding opening of residential schools, girls education complex, Eklavya Adarsh ​​Residential schools and Gurukulam schools. It has been said in the instructions that the hostels should be run with caution from the rescue of Kovid-19. In this regard, the Commissioner Tribal Department has issued instructions to the district collectors of the state. Instructions have been given to start hostels in the state from 22 February. Instructions have been made that only class 10th and 12th students should be allowed to stay in hostels run by the department. Students of class 9th and 11th should not be kept in hostels. By doing this, social distancing can be followed in hostels. College hostels of the department have also been asked to be opened in the state. Parents have been asked to compulsorily obtain consent letters to keep students in hostels. In a letter to the collectors, it has been said that a quarantine room should be set up separately in each hostel. Following the guidelines of Kovid-19, arrangements should be made for training of hostel superintendents and superintendents in collaboration with Health Department. In coordination with each of the nearest Primary Health Centers, Community Health Centers and other government hospitals, the mobile numbers of the doctors there should be written on the notice board of the hostel. Weekly health tests should be arranged. Arrangements should be made to immediately go to the first aid center if any student has initial symptoms of Kovid-19 or any other problem. Special attention has been given to cleanliness in hostels. Presently, it has been asked not to open ashram, junior hostel in the districts.

Mukesh Modi