MUSCAT: With the Supreme Committee allowing schools to conduct physical classes, Indian schools in Oman have decided to reopen the school for all classes in a hybrid mode (online and physical).

In a circular issued by Indian School Muscat (ISM), the largest community school in the country informed that it will reopen the school for all classes from KG to Class 8 in hybrid form from the third and fourth week of November.

“As per the instructions and guidelines from the Ministry of education, it has been decided to reopen the school for all the classes from KG to Std 9 by third and fourth week of November 2021. The classes will be held in hybrid mode ( online and physical classes) Until further intimations or guidelines from the MoE,” the circular said.

The school will start physical classes twice in a week in a phased manner for all the classes from classes 1 to 8.

“The online classes will continue for the rest of the week( three days) for all the students. The detailed schedule will be intimated to the respective classes soon. All students are expected to attend all the classes (physical and online classes).Please note that there will be no online classes held during the days of physical classes as per the schedule and timetable,” the circular noted.

Meanwhile, the physical classes for the KG session will begin by third week of November.

“The classes will be conducted Hybrid for the KG section with either online or physical mode. The parents will have the option to choose either of physical or the online classes as per their convenience for KG1 and KG 2 students,” the circular added.