West Bengal government declares state holiday on December 26
Ishita Ranganath | December 1, 2022 | 05:40 PM IST | 1 min read
All WB educational institutions and government offices except registrar of assurances and collector of stump revenue will remain closed on December 26.
NEW DELHI: The West Bengal government has declared the day after Christmas, December 26, 2022 to be a state holiday. All education institutions, offices and government offices will remain closed.
The official notification released by the state government mentions, "The Governor is pleased to declare 26 December, 2022 (Monday) as a holiday being the day after Christmas for the State Government Offices, Local Bodies, Statutory Bodies, Boards, Corporations and Undertakings controlled or owned by State Government, Educational Institutions, other offices/institutions under the control of Government of West Bengal with the exception of the offices of Registrar of Assurances, Kolkata and Collector of Stump Revenue, Kolkata."
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Recently, the Jammu and Kashmir government declared a three-month long winter vacation for schools in view of the onset of winter. The vacation for classes nursery to 5 began today, December 1, 2022. The classes for classes 6 to 8 will stop on December 12, 2022 while classes 9 to 12 will begin their vacation from December 19, 2022. All classes will commence on February 28, 2022.
Meanwhile, Delhi schools will stop academic activities for nursery to class 5 from January 1 to 15, 2023. The Directorate of Education, Delhi has declared that no offline or online classes will be conducted during this period.
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