guwahati even as schools and colleges are reopening in assam from september 21 after being closed for six months due to covid19 state education minister himanta biswa sarma on saturday said that the educational institutions cannot force the students to come to campus to attend classeshe added that the college students will get the privilege of attending classes in colleges located in their home districts even if they are enrolled elsewherethe assam government has decided to start oncampus classes for students from classes ix to xii as many general degree colleges run classes for students of classes xi and xii these institutes will reopen as wellstudents will be allowed to go to educational institutions if and only their guardians give ascent under such circumstances many will have to continue with online classes many students who have mentors at their homes may not go to attend oncampus classes we are going to restart the offline classes for those students who have no other option to acquire education than coming to educational institutions himanta told mediapersons here on saturdayhe added that the college students will be allowed to go to their nearest college for attending classesearlier on friday the state secondary education department clarified that the resumption of activities in the schools from september 21 will be on a voluntary basisan order issued by principal secretary to the state secondary education department b kalyan chakarvarthy said the government of assam in secondary education department is pleased to clarify that the standard operating procedure for fresh reopening of schools in the state of assam from class ix x xi to xii in the schools and colleges maintaining all the protocols of safety guidelines under covid19 pandemic involves partial resumption in activities in schools for the students of class 9th to 12th on a voluntary basis for taking guidance and counselling from the teachersmeanwhile sanitization of the classrooms are on in full swing to accommodate the students in batches as per the sop published by the secondary education department on september 16 only schools outside the containment zones will be allowed to openit also stated that prior to resumption of activities all work areas intended for teaching and demonstrations including laboratories and other common utility areas will be sanitized with 1 per cent sodium hypochlorite solution with particular attention to frequently touched surfacesthe respective district administrations have been directed to carry out the sanitization task involving inspector of schools deeo beeo joint director of health services executive engineer public health engineering department and the school management committees schools that were used as quarantine centres will be properly sanitized and deepcleaned before partial functioning is resumedthe duration of each subject per shift will be 30 minutes for class x and for class xii it will be 45 minutes and the head of the institution will prepare the routine chart giving importance to all the subjects the sop stated