All schools in Delhi will remain closed till November 5, the Delhi government announced on Friday amid rising pollution levels in the region. On Friday morning, thick blanket of haze covered Delhi with pollution levels increasing overnight by around 50 points, taking the overall air quality index to 459.
The United Front of Transport Associations (UFTA) has called for the strike.
At least 605 private schools in the national capital may lose their recognition if they do not deposit Rs 5 lakh environmental compensation for failing to install rainwater harvesting system mandated by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), according to Delhi government officials.
The government also said that in Class 8, the pass percentage improved by about five percentage points this year.
The report pointed out that one of the reasons behind the lack of policy implementation is that income limits are exclusionary in some states with some states having a limit lower than the minimum wage of the state, while some others only consider BPL families under EWS.
The Delhi government has directed all schools in the national capital to maintain a minimum of 220 working days in an academic year for upper primary classes.
Health and education departments are partnering to involve active participation of students and teachers of all schools in the programme.
In April this year, the Directorate of Education (DoE) had sent notices to 195 private schools of the national capital asking the school heads to roll back their fee hike.
The Arvind Kejriwal government has ordered over 500 private schools to refund the excess fees charged by them with nine per cent interest.
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