Bhubaneswar: In view of prevailing extreme heatwave condition across the State, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik on Thursday declared summer vacation of all Schools upto Class-XII from April 21.
The Chief Minister has ordered summer vacation of both government and private schools from Class-I to XII across the State from Friday. The School and Mass Education Department has been asked to notify the date of reopening of the schools in due course.
Usually, the summer vacation was supposed to start from the first week of May. However, this year, the Government has preponed the summer vacation in view of the extreme heatwave condition in the State, officials said.
Speaking to media persons here, School and Mass Education Minister Samir Ranjan Dash said, “The summer vacation of school was supposed to start from May 4. However, in view of the extreme heat weather condition, our Chief Minister has preponed the summer vacation from tomorrow.”
As per the academic calendar, the summer vacation will continue till June 16 and schools will open on June 17, he said.
However, as the vacation was preponed, the final decision on reopening of schools will be taken after examining the situation in the coming days, the Minister informed.
Besides, the parent-teacher meeting will be conducted on Friday as per the schedule. The parents are advised not to bring their children to the meeting, Shri Dash added.
Earlier, the State Government has closed down schools for two times from April 12 to 16 and April 19 & 20 in view of the hot weather.
According to a morning bulletin of India Meteorological Department (IMD) Jharsuguda town in western Odisha recorded a maximum temperature of 41.4 degrees Celsius till 11.30 a.m. on Thursday. Similarly, Capital City Bhubaneswar sizzled with a maximum temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius.
On Wednesday, as many as 30 places of Odisha recorded a maximum day temperature of 40 degrees Celsius or above.