COVID – 19 or Corona Virus changed our lives, habits, behavior, and lifestyle in almost every possible way. It changed our perspective towards ‘normal’ now we know a new normal. Talking about college going students, they have already witnessed much up and down starting from online classes to online exams. Students got bored of the online mode of education but accepted it as there was no other option available. The safety concerns were properly taken care of and we have to continue that in the post COVID world as well at least, for few years. Keeping in mind the danger and loss the pandemic brought we have to make sure that in the post COVID world we follow all the government health guidelines to keep the coming generation safe and us and healthy.
Precautions to take to avoid the spread and spurge of COVID-19 in colleges
According to the doctors if we follow certain rules, we will safeguard ourselves and help our nation in pushing the virus away. The following should be followed by all students, faculties, and the institutes, strictly to keep everyone safe.
• Keep basic social distancing everywhere. Even in classrooms all the chairs and desks need to be placed at distances.
• Smaller batches must be created to reduce mass gathering in common areas like mess, canteen, library, labs and others. Regulation of time and number of students should be closely monitored.
• Mandatory use of masks and sanitizers for all.
• Every entrance must have a sanitizing station to promote hand sanitization before entering.
• Temperature of every visitor must be checked and monitored regularly and even mild symptoms must be treated with care.
• Reporting of the person with mild symptoms should be carefully monitored and immediate actions to isolate them should be taken.
• Regular awareness oration must be given to the students and staff to ensure that everyone is following the safety measure and precautions.
• The common precaution and practices should be strictly imposed even after the vaccine’s arrival to prevent the transmission.
All the colleges and university should follow the precaution and preventive measure to keep the world safe and drag it to the ‘normal’ again. Sagar Institute of Research & Technology, one of the top engineering colleges in Bhopal is taking care of all the preventive measure, ensuring the safety or students as well as of the staff.
