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Last Update: April 25, 2023, 6:18 pm IST
A school education department official said the situation has improved with the onset of rains, adding that the school closure advisory is not being taken forward (Representational image)
During the heat wave conditions, the maximum temperature in the city and neighborhood was recorded around 40 degree Celsius.
With the temperature dipping, schools in West Bengal resumed in-person classes on Monday after closing the campuses for a week due to extreme heat conditions.
An official of the school education department said that the situation has improved with the onset of rains, adding that the advisory for closure of schools is not being taken forward.
The state government’s notification dated April 16 said, “Due to heat wave conditions…all autonomous/state/central government aided and private schools in the state except in the hilly areas of Darjeeling and Kalimpong districts will be closed for a week from April 17.” Will remain or till further orders”.
“Today (April 24) physical classes of our junior and senior sections resumed after being suspended for a week due to scorching heat conditions,” Krishna Damani, vice-chairman of the South Point High School Management Committee, told PTI. ” Principal of Government Hindu School, Subhrojit Dutta said that individual classes from primary to upper primary section (classes one to six) started on Monday (April 24) after being suspended from April 17-22 due to heat wave. In the final state notification.
“The classes for senior students will also start after the rescheduled tests from April 17 to April 24, … We do not want to fall behind in the academic calendar in any way,” he said.
The maximum temperature in the city and its surrounding areas on Monday was recorded at 33.8 degrees Celsius, two degrees below normal for the day.
The minimum temperature was recorded one degree below normal at 25.7 degrees.
During the heat wave conditions, the maximum temperature in the city and neighborhood was recorded around 40 degrees Celsius, while other parts of South Bengal recorded maximum temperatures ranging between 37 degrees to 44 degrees.
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