Jammu Kashmir school timings changed due to cold weather, classes to begin after 10 am

Jammu and Kashmir Government on Wednesday changed the schools' timing in the valley in view of the onset of cold weather. According to an order issued by the Director School Education Kashmir, schools within Srinagar Municipal Corporation limits will operate from 10 am to 3.30 pm.

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It said the schools outside the Srinagar municipal limits and in other districts of the valley shall function from 10.30 am to 4.00 pm. The timings have been changed amid the shortening of days and cold weather following snowfall in higher reaches of Kashmir and rainfall in the plains over the past two days.