School Timings: Regular school timings from Saturday, says govt | Bhubaneswar News
Bhubaneswar: The govt on Thursday said schools across the state will have classes at regular timings from Saturday. Till then, classes will be conducted from 6.30 am to 10.30 am.
In the wake of heatwave conditions and, hot and humid weather, several district authorities extended summer holidays while other districts rescheduled school timings to the morning.
“We had asked district collectors to take a call on reopening of schools or rescheduling of school timings for Class I to XII in all schools,” said school and mass education minister Nityananda Gond.
“The oppressive weather condition is due to climate change and has a serious impact on our lives, including health and education. Due to high temperature schools were closed early for summer vacation and now holidays are extended due to temperature. I am afraid the situation may get worse in days to come,” said environmentalist Jaykrushna Panigrahy.
Panigrahy said there is a need to focus on adaptability and mitigation initiatives to deal with climate change and its impact on the environment. “Since the situation of extreme weather events and impact of climate change is going to be worse in the coming days, it is not only the govt but each of us at individual as well as institutional level, must take steps to mitigate weather impacts.”
Due to continuing heatwave conditions not only schools in Odisha but also state govts of Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have extended summer vacations this year. Earlier due to intense heatwave several state govts had preponed the summer vacations and closed schools early.
“With early closure of schools and extension of summer vacations, we feel the pressure of completing the course in a lesser time than normal. This will have adverse effect on the learning of children,” said Supriti Mishra, a school teacher.
The IMD forecast said there won’t be any further heatwaves in the state but hot and humid conditions is likely to prevail in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts till June 22.
In the wake of heatwave conditions and, hot and humid weather, several district authorities extended summer holidays while other districts rescheduled school timings to the morning.
“We had asked district collectors to take a call on reopening of schools or rescheduling of school timings for Class I to XII in all schools,” said school and mass education minister Nityananda Gond.
“The oppressive weather condition is due to climate change and has a serious impact on our lives, including health and education. Due to high temperature schools were closed early for summer vacation and now holidays are extended due to temperature. I am afraid the situation may get worse in days to come,” said environmentalist Jaykrushna Panigrahy.
Panigrahy said there is a need to focus on adaptability and mitigation initiatives to deal with climate change and its impact on the environment. “Since the situation of extreme weather events and impact of climate change is going to be worse in the coming days, it is not only the govt but each of us at individual as well as institutional level, must take steps to mitigate weather impacts.”
Due to continuing heatwave conditions not only schools in Odisha but also state govts of Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Delhi have extended summer vacations this year. Earlier due to intense heatwave several state govts had preponed the summer vacations and closed schools early.
“With early closure of schools and extension of summer vacations, we feel the pressure of completing the course in a lesser time than normal. This will have adverse effect on the learning of children,” said Supriti Mishra, a school teacher.
The IMD forecast said there won’t be any further heatwaves in the state but hot and humid conditions is likely to prevail in Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, Cuttack, Jagatsinghpur, Puri, Khurda, Nayagarh, Ganjam and Gajapati districts till June 22.
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