the announcement of the delhi government to open up schools for students of the higher classes on an optional basis was met with mixed reactions while parents were really concerned about the safety of their wards children seemed enthused by the prospect of being back in school unlike many sectors which have already announced long term wfh policies education will best be delivered on campus the key unanswered questions are how to ensure utmost safety on campuses when the kids return and till that happens what is the best way to educateschools like the scindia school have been ahead of the curve on both those parameters even before the school reopened for a short period in january this year the management put together a set of stringent protocols to ensure the protection of students coming back to the campus this protocol was divided into three distinct parts first all incoming students and staff had to carry a covid negative test report they were then isolated for few days and the test was conducted again only those found negative could move into their allotted dormitories all the luggage along with other goods needed was thoroughly sanitized secondly the dormitories classrooms and the lunch rooms were redesigned to maintain covid appropriate protocol sops have been put in place to avoid close physical interaction for example a split in morning assemblies extended meal timings split classrooms and a ban of all contact sports thirdly an exhaustive list of daily sops were also put in place which included all washrooms and touch points such as desks doorknobs taps floors and switches which were to be disinfected at least 35 times a day adequate number of soap dispensers have been installed across the entire campus the school also monitored personal cleanliness ensuring intake of healthy diet and monitoring the quality hygiene of all foodthe protocol that the scindia school has developed is elaborate and exhaustive last year we put this protocol in practice when the students came to the campus and it yielded yielded amazing results the fact that we are on a large 156acre campus nestled on a fort away from the city helps us protect our students and staff we are able to create a biobubble to keep the deadly virus at bay and our children safe said dr madhav deo saraswat principal scindia school residential schools like the scindia school have this distinct advantage the risks at a day school are multiplied as there and just too many touchpoints which the school management has no control on they can only manage the campus environment but what happens outside is not in their preview given these trying and dynamic times it would certainly not be wrong to concur that an residential institution like the scindia school is in position to offer one of the safest on campus experience apart from all the distinct and exclusive advantages that only a boarding school can offereven as the covid 20 seems to have tapered