Education Ministry has decided to resume classes at the schools for the grades 7 and 8 in the Male’ City area this month.

The Ministry took to Twitter saying that the classes for grade 8 will be resuming at schools on 19 October and the classes for grade 7 will be resuming on 25 October.

Education Ministry said that the decision was made under the advisement of the Health Protection Agency (HPA).

While grades 7 and 8 are set to resume in schools, grades 9 to 12 are currently being taught at the schools.

The schools in the Male’ area were initially closed on 12 March 2020 amid the COVID-19 pandemic and the classes were taken online.

When the number of cases dropped in July, the Ministry resumed classes for the grades 9 and above but the schools were closed again on 9 August amid the spike in cases.