The Maharashtra government on Thirsday allowed teaching and non-teaching staff involved in the assessment of Class 10 Secondary School Certificate (SSC) examinations to commute by Mumbai local train services. Notably, local train services were suspended for the general public for the second time on April 15, following the unprecedented surge in COVID-19 cases.
"Many thanks to CMO Maharashtra and the Department of Disaster Management for approving my proposal to allow suburban rail travel for teachers and non-teaching staff involved in the assessment work of 10th standard students," Varsha Gaikwad wrote in her tweet.
“Teaching and non-teaching staff involved in the assessment of Class 10 SSC examinations will be issued level 2 passes in the form of an SMS link, which can be downloaded on the phone. The deputy director (education), Mumbai, will be the coordinating officer to collect division-wise information regarding all such teaching and non-teaching staff”, tweeted state school education minister Varsha Gaikwad.
The move come after several teachers protested at various railway stations of the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) demanding permission to commute by local trains to assess SSC board examinations.