Delhi government announces early summer vacations in school amid rise in COVID-19 cases
The summer vacations that were scheduled to begin from May 11 have now been rescheduled owing to rise in coronavirus cases in the national capital.
Amid the surge in COVID-19 positive cases in the national capital, the Delhi government has advanced the summer vacation in all schools in the national capital. The vacation which was scheduled from May 11 to June 3 has now been rescheduled from April 20 to June 9.
"In view of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic situation, the summer vacation has now been rescheduled and will be observed from April 20 (tomorrow) to June 9," the Directorate of Education (DoE) said in official order.
Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had announced a six-day lockdown from 10 pm on Monday till 5 am on April 26 which he said was necessary to deal with the rising number of COVID-19 cases as the city's health system was stretched to its limit.
Delhi has been reporting around 25,000 COVID-19 cases daily in the past few days.
"All the heads of schools are hereby directed to disseminate this information among the teaching, non-teaching staff, students and parents through SMC members, mass SMS facility, phone calls and other means.
"During the vacation period, heads of schools are authorized to call vacation staff according to the requirement for any school-related work (academic, admission, examination) maintaining COVID-appropriate behaviour and following the standard operating procedure issued by competent authorities from time to time," it said.
The Delhi government had earlier this month ordered closure of schools and suspension of physical exams for all classes in view of rising in COVID-19 cases.
"All centrally conducted online and semi-online teaching and learning activities will remain suspended during the period for classes KG to nine," the Department of Education said in a separate order.
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