Bihar: School timing rescheduled in Patna following heatwave conditions

The District Magistrate (DM) of Bihar’s Patna on Tuesday ordered all private and government schools in the district to suspend academic activities for several hours during the daytime from May 1 concerning the prevalent heatwave conditions in the region.
As per the order, schools will be required to refrain from arranging academic activities between 10:30 am and 04:00 pm for students of Class X and below. For classes 11 and 12, academic activities shall not take place from 11:30 am to 04:00 pm, DM Shirsat Kapil Ashok said in his order.
The order will remain in effect till May 8.
A day ahead of this, neighbouring Jharkhand also suspended classes up to grade 8 in all government and private schools amid heat wave-like conditions prevailing across the state.
As per the officials, classes up to grade 8 will remain suspended until further notice. An order by the secretary of the school education and literacy department, Uma Shankar Singh, said, “Classes from kindergarten to grade 8 are suspended in all categories of schools, including government, private, aided, and unaided, until further notice”.
This decision aims to protect students from the adverse effects of extreme weather conditions