'Revise school timings or advance summer holidays': Parents urge Delhi govt as heatwave continues
Zee News
Delhi recently recorded its second hottest April in 72 years with a monthly average maximum temperature of 40.2 degrees Celsius.
New Delhi: Worried about their children's health due to extreme heat, a large number of parents have asked the Delhi government to “either revise the school timings or advance the summer holidays.”
Several schools have already announced a reduction in outdoor activities in view of the sweltering heat coupled with the ongoing spike in the number of Covid cases, reported PTI. However, parents claim the school timings are not feasible for students to step out in this extreme heat.
The Haryana government had on Monday announced that due to the intense heatwave prevalent throughout the state, the timings of all schools -- government and private --will be from 7 am to 12 pm for Classes 1 to 12 with effect from May 4. However, no such measures have been announced in Delhi yet.
"On one side, the Centre advised not to go out in the sun, especially between 12 noon and 3 pm. But in Delhi, the timings of most of the schools are between 8 am-2 pm.
"Students reach home by 3 pm. That means during peak summer hours, students are out in the sun, which is really dangerous. We request the Delhi government to either revise the school timings like other states are doing or pre-pone summer holidays," said Aparajitha Gautam, President of the Delhi Parents Association.
