Puducherry schools closed until June 7 due to heatwave conditions

Puducherry Education Minister announces postponement of the reopening of schools in the state following heatwave conditions in the region. Earlier, the schools were supposed to reopen on June 1 due to weather conditions. 

Puducherry Education Minister A. Namassivayam has announced that the schools in the state will now reopen on June 7 owing to the heatwave conditions in the region. Earlier, the schools were supposed to reopen on June 1 due to weather conditions. 

He further informed that the government has started procuring CBSE textbooks after the Centre's announcement to give permission to 127 government schools for introducing the CBSE syllabus from the current academic year. "Unlike previous years new uniforms would be distributed at the beginning of the academic session. The tendering process to provide free laptops to students of higher secondary classes has started," he added.

While speaking on the decision to introduce the CBSE syllabus in the government schools. the Minister said that it will give an advantage to students to write NEET and JEE exams. “Former Chief Minister V. Narayanasamy has no right to criticize the government on the introduction of CBSE because it was during his period that the syllabus was introduced from Class 1 to 5. He was aware that Tamil will become optional with the introduction of the CBSE syllabus. He is now trying to play politics,” he said.

Namassivayam said a good number of parents preferred to put their wards in schools providing CBSE syllabus. "The government had started training programme for teachers to equip them to teach the new syllabus," he added.

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