Manipur, July 11 -- Manipur Education Minister Th Radheshyam on Saturday said that schools and colleges in the state will reopen once the incoming of returnees from other states comes to a stop. He said that the cleanliness drive is part of the preparation to reopen the educational institutions.

The education minister was interacting with the media on the sidelines of a cleanliness drive held at Dhanamanjuri University.

"We want to make sure that the students are safe when the classes are resumed," he stated, adding that similar cleanliness drives will continue from time to time and are being planned to start in the schools as well.

Responding to the media, he said that the government is asking private schools to pay teachers' salary b...