Cold Wave: Schools To Remain Closed For Classes 1 To 8 in Ghaziabad On January 18

Earlier today, the Gautam Buddha Nagar district administration also revised the timings for classes nursery to 8 for all schools in Noida and Greater Noida.

Ghaziabad schools to remain closed on January 18 for classes nursery to 8 (Representational Image)

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All schools in Ghaziabad district will remain closed on January 18 for classes 1 to 8, in the wake of severe cold wave and dense fog sweeping across Delhi-NCR. The announcement comes from the Ghaziabad district officer in a bid to safeguard young school going children from being exposed to the harsh cold weather. Several parts of North India including Delhi-NCR, Punjab, Himachal, Chandigarh, and others have been battling with severe cold in the past few weeks. 

In a similar move earlier last week, the Ghaziabad district administration revised the operational timings for all schools in the district. As per the revised timings, classes 1 to 8 in all schools in Ghaziabad were asked to function from 10:00 am to 03:00 pm. 

Earlier on Wednesday, in view of the cold weather conditions, the Gautam Buddha Nagar district administration announced the revision in operational timings for all schools in Noida and Greater Noida. An official order from the Gautam Buddh Nagar Basic Education Officer Rahul Panwar, directed all schools in Noida and Greater Noida to begin classes from nursery to 8 from 10:00 am, starting from January 18. 

"In compliance with the instructions given by the District Magistrate, Gautam Buddh Nagar, in view of the dense fog and extreme cold, classes in all schools from nursery to 8 will be conducted from 10 am from January 18 till further orders," Panwar stated in the order. He also called for strict enforcement of the order pertaining to the revisions in school timings.

While schools for classes up to 8 were closed till January 16, due to the severe cold and accompanying fog, school timings for classes 9 to 12 for Noida schools were revised from 10:00 am to 03:00 pm earlier last week. 

(Inputs by Shakti Singh)