Jharkhand government suspends classes for students up to Class 8 from January 7 to 13 amid cold wave
Press Trust of India | January 5, 2025 | 02:13 PM IST | 1 min read
The School Education and Literacy Department announced that classes for students up to grade 8 will remain suspended in all schools, including government, aided, minority, and private. However, classes from Class 9 to Class 12 will continue as usual.
NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand government announced that schools will remain closed for students from kindergarten to Class 8 from January 7 to 13 due to the cold wave in the state. The School Education and Literacy Department, in a notification issued on Saturday evening, announced that the suspension of classes for students till grade 8 will be for all categories of schools, including government, aided, minority and private, in view of prevailing cold wave conditions in the state.
Jharkhand continues to reel under cold wave conditions with the mercury falling below 6 degrees Celsius in some parts. The department, in the notification, further said that classes for students of classes 9 to 12 would be held as usual. Dry weather prevailed in the state during the last 24 hours with the lowest minimum temperature of 5.3 degrees Celsius recorded in Khunti, it said.
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