Ranchi schools closed up to Class 6 till January 14 amid severe cold
Press Trust of India | January 11, 2026 | 07:59 PM IST | 1 min read
Jharkhand: Classes from 7 to 12 will start from 10 am during the period, an official said.
RANCHI: Schools in Jharkhand's Ranchi district will remain closed for students up to class six till January 14 in view of the cold wave conditions, an official said. Classes from 7 to 12 will start from 10 am during the period, he said.
The decision was taken keeping in mind the health and safety of the students, he added. Schools in the district were ordered to stay closed till January 8, and then the closure was extended to January 10.
The IMD has issued a 'yellow' alert for cold wave conditions in parts of the state, from January 13 to 16. The alert has been issued for Garhwa, Palamu, Chatra, Latehar, Lohardaga and Gumla districts.
Follow us for the latest education news on colleges and universities, admission, courses, exams, research, education policies, study abroad and more..
To get in touch, write to us at news@careers360.com.
Quick Watch
]Next Story
]Featured News
]- West Bengal forms panel to decide fate of 933 schools with no students, may hand buildings to other depts
- ‘Not individual failure’: IIT Bombay students protest suicide, want director to quit, action against professor
- West Bengal crackdown on 252 ‘unrecognised’ madrassas leave parents scrambling for alternatives
- NEET PG Counselling: NMC frames branch-specific guidelines for MD, MS admissions of disabled candidates
- IIT Ropar: Faculty ‘harassment’, forced resignation, a self-argued case – how a scholar won her PhD seat back
- NCAHP: Allied healthcare professionals must now register, retrain every year for renewal
- UGC control, scholar attacks, sackings: India’s academic freedom ‘severely restricted’ in 2026, says SAR
- ‘Leak in education’: Delhi Govt drops land rule, helps 2,000 unrecognised pvt schools get legal sanction
- India added 196 public universities in 15 years, but most barely functional; private ones outnumber them
- ‘SVGU Ahmedabad equipping students to fill industry gaps, look beyond basic qualifications’: Provost