PANAJI: The state government has asked teaching and non-teaching staff of schools to get themselves vaccinated on an urgent basis, failing which they would have to produce a negative RT-PCR test result every week to be able to report to work.
In a circular, director of education D R Bhagat also said that school staff should ensure that their family members are vaccinated. CM Pramod Sawant had said last week that expert members of the task force had recommended priority vaccination of school teaching and non-teaching staff, to safeguard children from Covid-19 infection ahead of the third wave.
“Now, it is informed that in the interest of the health of the students, all teaching and non-teaching staff of schools should get vaccinated urgently without any further delay. The staff who do not get vaccinated for any reason by then, must submit an RT-PCR report, possibly weekly, to attend to their duties in the school,” the circular states.
The directorate has said that those teachers who do not get themselves vaccinated will have to produce a medical certificate to state why they need to be exempted from taking the jab.
“Those who cannot produce this test report must produce a recommendation of medical experts if they have exemption for such a report for any reason,” the circular reads.
“The teaching and non-teaching staff members must also ensure that their family members are also vaccinated without any further delay, as a precaution to prevent any transmission through them,” the DoE has said.
