Karnataka to likely to reopen colleges after vaccinating all college students, teachers by July end, says Dy CM

Team Udayavani, Jun 24, 2021, 11:04 AM IST

Bengaluru: The Karnataka government on Wednesday announced that offline classes in colleges would resume after vaccinating students, teachers and staff members.

A new vaccination drive ‘Marali Collegige’ (Back to College) has been proposed to administer COVID-19 vaccine jabs to all college-going students before the end of July.

Deputy CM C N Ashwathnarayan said that special vaccination drives in all colleges are being planned in a couple of days, similar to how the ‘Maha Lasika Abhiyana’ was held on Monday. We will able to resume classes at colleges after all teachers, non-teaching staff, and the students are vaccinated.

Dr Devi Shetty-led expert committee has made several recommendations ahead of an anticipated third wave of the pandemic.

The government is considering reopening higher education institutions after ensuring vaccination to key stakeholders.