Schools in Mizoram will be closed for students of classes 1 to 9 and class 11 amid the rise in coronavirus cases along with it colleges and universities will also remain closed across the state. Students of each sector will be conducted in the online mode, according to the guideline. However, schools and hostels will remain open for students of classes 10 and 12, who are appearing for their board examination this year.
The School Education Department will ensure full vaccination of teachers and other officials on duty. Training institutes are allowed to remain open with 50 per cent seating capacity, it added. The new guidelines, which will be in force from January 8 to January 31, prohibited worship services at churches during the night.
It will be allowed only during the day with 50 per cent of the seating capacity. Mass gatherings will continue to be prohibited.