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New Delhi: On Wednesday, a circular from the Directorate of Education said that winter vacation in Delhi schools has been reduced from 15 to six days and will begin from January 1, 2024 . Schools in the national capital will remain close from January 1-6 for the winter break.
This year winter vacation has been declared for only six days as schools were closed in the beginning of the month of November due to air pollution. Winter vacations in Delhi schools are usually scheduled for 15 days every year.
Earlier, schools were closed from November 9-18, 2023, as toxic smoke engulfed the city for six consecutive days. After this, The Delhi government had then directed school authorities to adjust the number of holidays in the winter vacation.
“Winter vacation for the academic session 2023-24 was scheduled to take place from January 1 to January 15. However, in order to ensure that our students are not adversely affected due to the poor air quality in Delhi, a portion of winter vacation was observed from November 9 to November 18,” a circular from the Directorate of Education read.
The circular added,”The remaining portion of the winter vacation for academic session 2023-2024 is scheduled to be observed from January 1 to January 6, 2024. All the Heads of Schools of Delhi are hereby directed to disseminate this information among all the stakeholders including the teaching/non-teaching staff, students and parents.”
