Due to rising mercury and scorching heat across the country, many states have changed school timings. While some have shifted regular schools hours earlier and started schools as early as 7 am, other states have postponed classes, and some have announced summer vacations.
The heatwave is so severe across the states that the Center has advised people to avoid stepping out in the sun, especially between 12 noon and 3 pm. Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan in a letter to the states/UTs said that the daily heat alerts shared with the states by the India Meteorological Department (IMD) as well as the NCDC are based on the heatwave forecast for the next three to four days. signal, and is probably transmitted immediately. District/Health facility level.
Here is a list of states that have made changes due to the scorching heat.
Punjab
Punjab government has declared summer vacation In view of the scorching heat in the state, the maximum temperature in some of its neighboring states including Punjab and Haryana has remained a few notches above normal for the last several days from May 14 in all schools.
In a tweet in Punjabi, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann said that considering the sudden scorching heat and suggestions from thousands of parents and teachers, it has been decided to declare summer vacation in all schools of Punjab from May 14.
Orissa
Officials claimed that the Odisha government had recently announced the closure of schools, after which the government has also announced the closure of colleges and universities till May 2. However, other activities like examination, evaluation, administrative and research work will continue as usual.
meanwhile, Board of Secondary Education (BSE) Odisha Class 10 or Madhyamik Exam 2022 has been rescheduled. The examinations which were scheduled to start from April 28 have been postponed till May 9.
West Bengal
looking at her Heatwave conditions, West Bengal The government had announced that the summer vacations would start in West Bengal schools from May 2. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee made this announcement. This announcement has been made after the CM’s meeting on the pretext of heat wave in the state. The holiday will continue till June 15. Schools in the hill districts of Darjeeling and Kalimpong have been exempted from the order.
The summer vacation in government and aided schools usually starts in the third week of May. Meanwhile, state universities have been asked to decide whether they want to shift to online classes, bring the vacation ahead or make suitable arrangements for the summer.
Rajasthan Rajasthan
Several districts of Rajasthan such as Jaipur, Ajmer, Sikar, Churu and Jodhpur have revised school timings in view of heat wave conditions in the state, which can lead to temperatures as high as 45 degree Celsius.
School timings for classes 1 to 8 in Jaipur district have been fixed from 7:30 am to 11 am. The revised timings will have to be followed by both government and private schools. But there is no change in the school timings for class 9 to 12. The district administration also said that the order will not apply to class 8 board exams. The examinations will be conducted as per the schedule.
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