After spending more than two years in online mode, South Point School Kolkata has once again shifted to digital classrooms due to extreme weather. The school, in an official notice, told parents, students and other stakeholders that classes in the school and students will remain closed for the next three days due to weather conditions and will attend classes in online mode from their respective homes.
Heat wave is prevailing in the state. According to the Meteorological Department, this situation will continue till April 28. Other districts of the state which have been hit by heat wave include Jhargram, Howrah, Paschim Bardhaman, Paschim Medinipur, Birbhum and North 24 Parganas districts.
The government has asked all schools to try and take classes in the morning. In view of the heat wave in Bengal, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee will hold a meeting on Wednesday.
In view of the inclement weather, South Point has decided to cancel all scheduled in-school classes for students for the remainder of this week till Friday. The classes will be conducted online as per the schedule being informed separately to the parents. “We are hopeful that the weather conditions will improve from next week so that we can resume classes at the school from Monday,” the official note said.
Schools in West Bengal reopened in February after two years of online classes. The Calcutta High Court had directed schools and other higher educational institutions to charge fees as per their policy regime. Earlier due to Kovid-19, schools were not allowed to increase the fees.
Recently, a renowned private school in South Kolkata has reportedly made Identity card for children paying school fees, Students must wear the card around their neck when entering the campus. Students whose parents have paid the school fees have been given a new yellow identity card. Students are allowed to enter the school only if the identity card is double checked and those who have not paid the fee are not allowed to enter the campus.
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