Odisha colleges, Universities closed for five days due to heatwave

In view of the prevailing heat wave condition in Odisha, classroom teaching (UG and PG) in all HEIs - coming under HED - shall remain suspended from April 27, 2022, to May 2, 2022, the DHE Odisha announced.

Odisha colleges, Universities closed for five days due to heatwave

All the higher education institutions in Odisha have been closed for classroom teaching due to the heatwave. Owing to the prevailing heat wave condition in the state, the Odisha government decided to close all undergraduate and postgraduate classes from April 27 to May 2. 
“In view of the prevailing heat wave condition in Odisha, classroom teaching (UG and PG) in all HEIs - coming under HED - shall remain suspended from April 27, 2022, to May 2, 2022,” DHE Odisha tweeted. “However, other activities of HEIs such as examination, evaluation, administrative work, research work, etc. shall continue as usual,” it added.

As per the news agency report, the intense heat way scorched the state capital Bhubaneswar recorded a maximum temperature of 43.3 degrees Celsius, which was five notches higher than the normal, weather officials said. Several districts bore the brunt of the blistering heat, including Cuttack, Khurda, Angul, Subarnapur, Boudh and Nayagarh districts, the Met office said. The maximum temperature rose by 1-3 degrees Celsius at several places, while the minimum temperature was also higher than normal in some areas, it said.

The Odisha Government had earlier announced that the summer vacation for all higher education institutions, including state public universities, will be curtailed today to compensate for the academic days lost during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter to the authorities of the state public universities, government and non-government degree colleges, and teacher training institutes, Principal Secretary of the Higher Education department, Saswat Mishra, said the vacation will now be allowed for a brief period from June 1 to June 16 this year.

It must be noted that until now the summer break used to be for 45 days. On Monday, the state government had also announced to close all government and private schools for five days from April 26 to April 30 in view of the heatwave situation.

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