Jammu: Director School Education, Jammu, Ms. Anuradha Gupta on Thursday reached out to the Chief Education Officers of all the districts of Jammu division through a circular, as part of the Directorate’s efforts to spread awareness about precautions that ought to be followed to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus.
The issued circular requires the Chief Education Officers to direct the HOIs of government and private schools to undertake necessary measures of cleanliness as well as spread awareness among the students about the basic protective measures that can help against the spread of coronavirus.
The circular issued by Director School Education Jammu Anuradha Gupta reads “All Chief Education Officers are requested to direct HOD of Govt/ Private Schools to take necessary measures of cleanliness as well as awareness among students to combat Novel Coronavirus menace”, by adopting the enlisted SOP.
As per SOP, students have been asked to frequently wash their hands with soap and water while HODs are to ensure that proper facilities to this end are made available in all the schools. Besides this, students are to observe good personal hygiene, cover mouth and nose with bent elbow or tissue paper while sneezing or coughing, throw used tissues into closed bins immediately after use, stay away from school when sick, stay away from public gatherings, avoid travelling to farms or live animal markets and places where animals are slaughtered.
“As such, all the CEOs are further requested to disseminate the directions to all the schools for the implementation of the aforementioned SOP in letter and spirit. Any child with signs and symptoms i.e fever, cough and difficulty in breathing should be refer to authorized local medical authority and parents of the concerned child should be immediately contacted,” is added.
