Gujarat schools shut for classes 1-9 as Covid cases rise
Education | Apr 03, 2021, 11:07 PM ISTSchools in Gujarat will be closed for classes 1 to 9 students from Monday till further orders amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, officials said.
Schools in Gujarat will be closed for classes 1 to 9 students from Monday till further orders amid a rise in COVID-19 cases, officials said.
Uttar Pradesh government on Friday ordered the closing of schools - both government and private - for students of classes 1 to 8 till April 11 in the wake of the Covid-19 situation in the state.
In view of the rising COVID-19 situation in Maharashtra, bus services to and from there will also remain suspended till April 15, said the Madhya Pradesh government.
Uttar Pradesh reported 10 more COVID-19 deaths on Tuesday, pushing the death toll to 8,800, while 918 new cases took the infection tally in the state to 6,15,996.
Schools, colleges in Chandigarh will be closed with immediate effect till March 31, as COVID-19 cases spike in the Union Territory (UT).
Schools, colleges and Anganwadis will be closed in Chhattisgarh with immediate effect, minister Ravindra Choubey announced on Sunday as COVID-19 cases witnesses a spike in the state.
Schools in Tamil Nadu shall be closed for classes 9, 10, and 11 from March 22 until further orders.
Schools in at least eight municipal corporations of Gujarat have been ordered to shut, in view of the current coronavirus situation.
The state government had last month empowered district collectors and local authorities to decide on reopening of schools, which have been shut since March this year due to the COVID-19 induced lockdown, for classes 9 to 12 based on the pandemic situation in their areas.
The upcoming new academic session will now commence on 1 April 2021, in Madhya Pradesh. Class one to class eight will be evaluated on the basis of project work. At the same time, the board exams of class 10th and 12th will be taken and their classes will start soon.
The Odisha government on Monday issued fresh COVID-19 guidelines, in the view of rising cases of coronavirus in state.
The Delhi government on Friday announced that all schools will continue to remain closed till October 5.
A thick blanket of fog engulfed the national capital region on Monday morning so all classes up to standard eight will remain suspended on December 31 and January 1.
All schools in Uttar Pradesh will remain closed on Thursday and Friday due to cold weather, according to a government order issued on Wednesday night.
All schools in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, Noida and Greater Noida will remain closed on December 19 and December 20 due to cold wave in the region. Separate orders were issued by the administration of the two adjoining districts on Wednesday evening.
Schools in Delhi-NCR will remain shut on November 14 and November 15, the Supreme Court-mandated anti-pollution authority EPCA ordered on Wednesday amid rising pollution levels in the national capital. The EPCA has advised people to avoid outdoor exposure and work from home wherever feasible.
On Wednesday, the United Front of Transport Associations (UFTA) office-bearers had alleged both the Centre and the Delhi government is forcing them to go for the strike.
Odisha government Tuesday announced extension of the summer vacation in schools till June 25 in view of the prevailing heatwave conditions across the state.
Zakir Musa, the head of the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a group affiliated with the Al-Qaeda, was trapped on Thursday after the security forces launched a cordon-and-search operation in a village in Tral area. The encounter ended on Friday with Musa's killing.
Pollution level skyrocketed by the hour in Delhi on Sunday, turning the air quality hazardous, which agencies consider unfit for inhalation even by healthier people.
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