Winter Vacation Announced: Delhi Schools To Remain Closed For Classes Up To 5 From Jan 1 To 15

The schools in Delhi for Class 6 and onwards has reopened on December 18 after remaining closed for nearly a month due to dregrading air quality in the state

Kendriya Vidyalaya, Sadiq Nagar school children during a cold winter morning in New Delhi, India. (Getty Images)

New Delhi: Delhi government schools will remain closed from January 1 to 15, 2022 for students up to Class 5 as the winter break has been announced. Going by the directions of the directorate of education (DoE), no online or offline teaching-learning activity can be conducted during this period. Here

As per the circular released by DoE, “All the heads of Sarvodaya Vidyalayas are, hereby, informed that the winter break for pre-primary and primary classes shall be observed from January 1-15, 2022 and the online and offline teaching-learning activities through worksheets, shall not be conducted during this period.”

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"However, in order to help the students to consolidate their learning, the syllabus of the academic session 2021-22 covered so far, is to be revised during this break-through assignment," it said.

The schools in Delhi for Class 6 and onwards have reopened on December 18, 2021, after remaining closed for nearly a month due to degrading air quality in the state. Classes were currently being conducted in a hybrid model with both online and offline lectures.

Moreover, DoE has asked schools to maintain assignments and activities which will be counted in the internal assessment.

Teachers of the government schools have also been instructed to make note of the strengths and weaknesses of their students to give individual attention once schools reopen. Classes were currently held in a hybrid model with both online and offline lectures.