Edu institutes rush to make their campuses Covid safe

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, June 1

In the wake of the coronavirus outbreak, educational institutions are taking strict preventive measures to avoid the spread of the deadly virus in the campus and the nearby areas.

After announcing examination schedule for its exit courses, Guru Nanak Dev University has also started sanitising the campus on a regular basis. The university has set up thermal scanners to monitor visitors and staffers coming to the varsity daily and two sanitisation vehicles to spray chemical sanitiser inside the campus. “We have been continuously sanitising our campus. We have also instructed to all employees working during the lockdown to wear masks and protective gear,” said Prof KS Kahlon, the registrar of the university.

DAV College is following the measures suggested by the UGC/MHRD and the state and the Central government advisories to prevent the spread of the disease. Principal Rajesh Kumar said: “Several precautions are being taken to prevent the transmission of the disease and ensure the safety of both students and the teaching and non-teaching staff of the college.

In order to observe social distancing, circles are marked at various places to maintain a safe distance among students standing in a queue to clear their dues.

Thermal scanning is being carried out to check the body temperature of everyone entering the college premises. A disinfectant tunnel will be installed at the main entrance to ensure that everyone gets properly sanitised before entering the college premises. No one is allowed to enter the college without wearing a mask,” informed Kumar.

Several other colleges in city too have been preparing for safety measures along the directives of the MHRD and the government. Khalsa College had already installed a sanitisation tunnel and made wearing masks mandatory inside the campus for students and staff and visitors. Similarly, BBKDAV too has been carrying out sanitisation of its campus. The colleges are open for students seeking to clear their dues ahead of the proposed examinations due to be held in first week of July.