Delhi Govt announces winter break in schools on these dates

The Delhi government on Wednesday announced an early winter break in schools from November 9 to 18 amid severe air pollution in the national capital. 

What Delhi Government said?

The DoE circular said, " In the wake of implemetation of GRAP-IV measures due to Severe+Air Quality prevailing in Delhi and seeing that no respite from such adverse weather conditions in near future is predicted by the IMD, the Winter Break for the session 2023-24 is ordered to be preponed so that schools can be totally closed and both children and teachers can stay at home. Accordingly, all schools shall observe Winter Break wef. 09 November 2023 (tomorrow) to 18th November 2023 (Saturday)."
Meanwhile, Delhi Education Minister Atishi announced the closure of primary classes of all schools until November 10 and said schools have the option of teaching classes 6 to 12. 

Delhi government announces early winter break in schools from 9th to 18th November amid severe air pollution in the national capital pic.twitter.com/g9TDdHouot

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However, government and private schools opted to hold physical classes for classes 6 to 12. For classes 10 and 12, schools have the option either to conduct online classes or hold physical classes. 

About Delhi's Air Quality

Meanwhile, the Air Quality Index (AQI) was recorded at 395 after crossing 400 (severe category) over the past few days, as per the data by the System of Air Quality and Weather Forecasting And Research (SAFAR).