New Delhi: Delhi Education Minister Atishi has introduced the closure of colleges for nursery to class 5 amid extreme chilly situations within the nationwide capital. The AAP minister took to the microblogging web site Twitter to announce the extension of winter holidays for major courses till January 12. “Schools in Delhi will remain closed for the next 5 days due to the prevailing cold weather conditions, for students from Nursery to Class 5,” wrote Atishi.
Earlier on Saturday, the Delhi Govt’s Directorate of Education launched an order saying the extension of Winter Vacation for all Government, Government-aided, and Unaided Recognised Private Schools till January 10, citing the intense chilly wave and the yellow alert issued by the IMD. However, the order was later withdrawn, stating that the “order was issued incorrectly.”
Schools in Delhi will stay closed for the subsequent 5 days as a result of prevailing chilly climate situations, for college kids from Nursery to Class 5.
— Atishi (@AtishiAAP) (*5*)January 7, 2024
Meanwhile, a number of different cities, together with Lucknow, Noida, and Jaipur, throughout the nation, have prolonged winter holidays in faculties for major and pre-primary courses amid the bone-chilling winter. The timings of the faculties for senior courses have additionally been modified within the wake of the chilly climate.
The nationwide capital is reeling below chilly climate, and the India Meteorological Department has forecasted additional extreme chilly day situations. According to the IMD’s climate bulletin, extreme chilly day situations coupled with the presence of very dense fog will persist in Delhi-NCR in the course of the subsequent 2 days. Fresh spells of rain are additionally probably in Northwest and Central India from January 8 to 10.
