Schools in Sikkim will reopen for all classes from October 18. 

The announcement was made by the Sikkim education department on Tuesday. 

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โ€œโ€œAll state government, government-aided, and private educational institutions, will reopen from October 18, for students of lower kindergarten to Class eight,โ€ the notification read. 

Earlier, on October 1, schools were opened for students above class 9. 

However, classes will resume on an alternate-day basis. 

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โ€œInitially, only 50 per cent of students should be called on alternative days with parental consent, which shall be further increased based on the monitoring of the situations,โ€ the notification added. 

Meanwhile, the Sikkim education department has asked all the schools to adhere to all COVID-19 protocols will resuming classes.