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Authorities had been ordered to make water bodies suitable for swimming, said the education ministry in a circular issued on Wednesday.
The decision was finalised after a draft circular was released on the ministry’s website last month to gather opinions from all stakeholders.
A school with no pond will have to train students in the pond near the next school, the circular said.