Bihar school timings revised; classes from 10 am to 4 pm
Bihar Schools: The announcement comes after Bihar CM Nitish Kumar assured the assembly that the existing 8 hour school duration will be reduced.
Ayushi Bisht | February 21, 2024 | 04:17 PM IST
NEW DELHI: The Education Department in Bihar has changed the school timings in all state-run schools. As per the latest announcement, the schools will run for 6 hours from 10 am to 4 pm. This change comes after Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar assured the assembly that the existing 8 hour school duration will be reduced.
Following the new timings, government-run schools in the state will function from 10 am to 4 pm instead of the 9 am to 5 pm schedule.
A circular issued by the Director of Secondary Education, Kanhaiya Prasad Srivastava, stated that the new timings will be effective with immediate effect.
“The timings of schools for academic activities should be from 10 am to 4 pm only… it should not be from 9 am to 5 pm. This is wrong,” Kumar said about the existing school timings.
“I will immediately call the competent officer of the department and will direct him to change the timings. You (opposition members) people should have told me earlier. Now the new timings will be from 10 am to 4 pm,” he added.
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His reference was to the fact that the timings were issued by the then education minister Chandra Sekhar of the RJD when the JD(U) was in the Mahagathbandhan. The education department issued the new timings for the schools in November last year, and it came into effect on December 1.
Besides providing details of class timings, the guidelines specified the disciplinary measures against teachers for not following the new timetable.
The reduction of school hours across the state will reduce concerns regarding the long classroom sessions and will promote a more balanced educational environment for students.
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