Kolkata,  West Bengal Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Tuesday said that the state government is planning to reopen schools from February 12.

He said that his department is mulling to resume the classes from 9 to 12. The decision to reopen classroom operations for junior standards will be taken later.

"I have a scheduled meeting with university vice-chancellors on February 3 where we will decide on the date for resuming classes in all colleges. Accordingly we will take the next call," Chatterjee told the media at Trinamool Bhavan here.

The Minister said that strict Covid-19 guidelines would be followed if the classroom operation is resumed from February 13.

"We have plans to reopen schools, from Class 9 to 12. We will ask all the school authorities to strictly maintain Covid-19 protocols," he added.