Jharkhand govt revises school timings due to intense heat sweeping state

Jharkhand government on Thursday announced revised school timings because of intense heat sweeping across the state, an official said.

Students from kindergarten to Class 8 will attend school from 7 am to 11:30 am, while senior students will continue classes until noon, the official added. The new timings will come into effect from April 26 till further notice.

"Considering the increasing impact of heat in the state, classes from KG to class 8 in all categories of government, non-government aided, unaided (including minority) schools, and all private schools will operate from 7 am to 11.30 am and classes from standard 9 to 12 will operate from 7 am to noon until further notice,” according to the order issued by the school education and literacy department.

Jharkhand is reeling under extreme hot weather conditions with Daltonganj sizzling at 43 degrees Celsius.A ’yellow’ alert of hot and humid weather conditions was issued on Thursday for 12 districts — Simdega, Saraikela-Kharswan, East Singhbhum, West Singhbhum, Bokaro, Dhanbad, Jamtara, Deoghar, Dumka, Pakur, Godda and Sahibganj districts — till April 26, a weather official said.