School timings advanced to ensure students' safety
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Guwahati: State education department has advanced school timings to 7:30 am with effect from Wednesday in response to rising summer heat.
Education authorities in multiple districts issued revisions, setting school hours from 7:30 am to 12 pm for elementary schools (comprising lower primary and upper primary), and from 7:30 am to 12:30 pm for senior secondary schools (comprising high schools and higher secondary schools).
In some districts, primary classes will end by 11:30 am, upper primary by 12 pm, while senior classes will continue till 12:30 pm. Kamrup (Metro), Kamrup, Dhubri, Morigaon and Charaideo are among the districts that promptly declared the revised schedule.
The new school timings were announced soon after state education minister Ranoj Pegu on Tuesday morning urged district commissioners to change school hours due to the scorching summer heat in the state.
Maximum temperatures soared 5 degrees Celsius beyond normal range in several locations in Assam in last couple of days.
Pegu posted on X, "In view of the heat wave alert issued by the Met department, all District Commissioners are requested to remain vigilant and exercise their delegated authority to reschedule school hours as per local weather conditions."
In Kamrup (Metro) district, under which Guwahati city falls, LP schools (class 1 to 5) will conduct classes from 7:30 am to 11:30 am.
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Middle schools (class 6 to 8) are scheduled from 7:30 am to 12 pm. High schools and higher secondary schools have been instructed to hold classes between 7:30 am and 12:30 pm. This order by the education authorities of Kamrup (Metro) takes immediate effect and will remain so until Monday.
The order issued by the inspector of schools cum district elementary education officer, Kamrup (Metro), read, "As per the instruction received from Kamrup metro DC, in the interest of public wellbeing, the normal school timing is again rescheduled due to continuous rise of mercury level and prevailing scorching heat for both govt provincialised and private schools under Kamrup Metro district w.e.f Wednesday, 11th June '2025.
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All city schools have been instructed to conduct their morning assembly indoors or in shaded areas, prohibiting outdoor activities. The order also said, "Schools should ensure that students drink sufficient water for which three / four water bells must be rang during the school hours and enough drinking water facility should be provided inside the school premises. Schools should ensure that all fans are functional and all classrooms are properly ventilated.
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However, most students appreciated the order. "Currently, the scorching summer heat has turned life difficult for us. In such times, we are glad that the school schedule has been moved forward," said Khyatikamal Kalita, a Class 6 student of Assam Jatiya Bidyalay, Noonmati.
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