Puducherry government to give rice, money to parents as schools are closed due to COVID-19 – education

Making an allowance for the truth that college students are not getting their mid-day meals supplied at government schools, the Puducherry government has determined to give rice and money to each mum or dad, mentioned R Kamalakannan, Education Minister of Puducherry.

“Because the schools are not functioning due to the corona, 50,000 college students for 4 months will probably be given four kg of rice and groceries of Rs 250-330 per mum or dad on the varsity premises,” mentioned Kamalakannan.

A complete of 58 new COVID-19 instances had been reported in Puducherry on Saturday, taking the overall variety of instances to 1,898. The state additionally reported three deaths within the final 24 hours.

In accordance to the Well being Division, the overall variety of instances consists of 804 energetic instances and 28 deaths. Round 1,066 have been handled within the union territory, knowledgeable the Directorate of Well being and Household Welfare Providers, Government of Puducherry.

With a spike of 34,884 instances and 671 deaths had been reported in India within the final 24 hours, the overall variety of optimistic instances reached 1,038,716 on Saturday, in accordance to the Ministry of Well being and Household Welfare.

The full variety of instances consists of 358,692 energetic instances, 653,751 cured/discharged/migrated and 26,273 deaths, the Well being Ministry knowledgeable.