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    Maharashtra schools reopened on Monday (October 4) for classes 5 to 12. 

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    Teachers welcomed students with flowers on the first day of Maharashtra school reopening.

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    Varsha Gaikwad on Monday tweeted, "Following SOPs for safe resumption of schools is essential. Personally checked the arrangements made at this BMC school in Colaba for #BackToSchool and distributed masks. Our department is conducting similar visits across the state."

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    The state education minister visits the DS School Sion on the first day to experience back-to-school moments along with students. In her tweet, she wrote, "Visited DS School Sion this morning to experience #BackToSchool along with these wonderful students. The school education department is continuously monitoring the safe resumption of physical classes across the state. #शाळेचापहिलादिवस"

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    The Social Justice and Special Assistance Minister, Dhananjay Munde also visited schools on the first day of reopening. 

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    The state government issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for teachers and students to follow on the school premises. 

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    Permission to conduct physical classes in rural areas was granted earlier in July by the state government due to negligible Covid-19 prevalence. 

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    Gaikwad informed last month that a survey conducted by the school education department found that more than 70 per cent of parents favored reopening of schools. 

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