gandhinagar on the basis of the standard operating procedure sop recommended by the government of india for reopening of schools the state government has prepared a draft sop which stresses on students being in schools for minimum period of time and spending a majority of their learning time at their homesthe government is in consultation with all stakeholders to explore the possibility of resuming school education for class ixxii from november 23 and later in a phased manner for other classesthe draft sop of the state government says that schools will be directed no to allow any playground sports and cultural activities on school campusesthe draft states it is advisable that the school should not plan any assessment of student learning in the first twothree weeks of reopening of schools in order to ensure emotional wellbeing of the students as well as provide new environment in which students will be able to cope emotionally in postcovid erathe state government draft also states onlinedistance learning shall continue to be the preferred mode of teaching and should be encouraged the number of hours at school be minimum and preferably for practical learning purpose while theories can be taught online the draft also says schools shall focus on keeping children physically and mentally healthy the number of hours spent on creative activities related to art shall be encouraged