chandigarh schools in haryana will reopen for classes 6 to 8 from the first week of february state education minister kanwar pal said on wednesday the covid cases are gradually coming down and the situation has improved moreover the covid19 vaccination drive has also begun so we have decided to reopen schools for classes 6 to 8 from february first week the minister told reporters here he said a decision on starting classes 1 to 5 will be taken later the schools will have to follow all guidelines related to face masks sanitisers and social distancing he said after remaining shut for six months due to the covid19 outbreak schools in haryana had partially reopened in midseptember for students of classes 9 to 12 however amid a rise in covid19 cases the haryana government had ordered the closure of all schools in november over 150 students from three haryana districts rewari jind and jhajjar had tested positive for coronavirus in november after which all the schools were shut till further orders in middecember the schools had again reopened for the higher classes