DHAKA, Jan 10, 2022 (BSS) - Education Minister Dipu Moni today said

educational institutions won't be closed while students aged above 12
years to be administered at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine by
January 31.

   "The students who are yet to be vaccinated can join classes online
after January 12 and they'll be allowed to attend classes after
receiving the vaccine," she told journalists.

  Any student above the age of 12 can go to the vaccination center and
get vaccinated to prevent coronavirus infection, said the minister.

   "There is no plan to close the educational institutions...Since
students are being vaccinated, there will be no problem in this case
and the educational activities will continue in the same way," she
said.

   She made the decision at a meeting, regarding announcement of
closure of educational institutions in the wake of the rise in Corona
infection, with the National Technical Committee in the conference
room of the Ministry of Education today.

  The education minister said that decision has been taken to give the
first dose of vaccine to the students between the ages of 12 and 18 by
January 31.

   "There are more than 1 crore 18 lakh 23 thousand students aged
between 12 and 18 years. Of them, 4.4 million students had received
the first dose of the vaccine.

  The education minister urged students to take the coronavirus vaccine.