The report submitted by the panel led byDr Devi Shettyhas recommended that the decision to reopen schools should be decentralised and
left to individual schools and local authorities, a view that has come as a shot in the arm for educationists who have been demanding decentralisation.The report, which was submitted to the government , said all decisions on reopening schools should be
taken by authorities at district, taluk and village levels throughSDMC(School Development and Monitoring Committee) as per broader guidelines laid down by the government.