Vadodara based Navarachana School, Sama suspended the offline mode of learning for a class after one of its students and a member of his family tested positive for Covid-19. This is the first case in Vadodara where a student has tested positive after offline classes were re-started.
The school officials said that it was on Sunday that they were informed by the parent of the student following which the offline mode of learning of that particular class was suspended for four days. The school is continuing with the offline mode for other standards.
“The child and his family members are under home quarantine with mild infection and are doing well. No new cases have been reported,” school principal Suprabha Menon said. Menon said that the school is adhering to all the guidelines and protocols related to Covid-appropriate behaviour for the safety of its students, staff and their families.
“We will continue to be alert and responsible at all times. All details sought by the officials of Vadodara Municipal Corporation (VMC) have been provided by the school,” she said.
“Rapid antigen test was done by VMC’s health department for the teachers of that class. All tested negative,” she said.
But the Vadodara Parents Association (VPA) demanded action against the school alleging that Covid-19 related protocols are not being followed at the school premises.
In a memorandum to Vadodara district education officer (DEO), Navneet Mehta, VPA alleged that the school kept the education department officials and health officials in the dark even as the said child had shown symptoms from Thursday while the student tested positive on Friday.
Mehta told TOI that offline classes of just one standard have been suspended by the school. “The school has taken precautionary measures like sanitizing the classrooms. It has also informed all parents asking them to get their wards tested,” he said.