TheAssam governmentwill notreopen schoolsunless theCovid positivity ratedips below two per cent across all districts, thestate education departmentsaid.

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The newSOPpublished by the Assam State Disaster Management Authority directed alleducationinstitutions, including schools, colleges and universities, to continue to provide qualityvirtualoptions and said there would be no in-person classes. Online Education amid a lingering second wave has posed a big hurdle for students from underprivileged backgrounds as they are not able to afford the necessary .

The positivity rate of the state in the last seven days (from July 20 to July 26) has been 1.24%. Though most of the districts are maintaining below two per cent positivity, in the hill districts of Dima Hasao and West Karbi Anglong, its still 5.27% and 2.13%

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respectively. In five other districts, the positivity rate is hovering between 1.50 and 1.99%. These are Dhemaji (1.62%), Golaghat (1.94%), Kamrup (1.79%), Karbi Anglong (1.50%) and Nalbari (1.73%). During the seven days, 10,939 cases were positive.