Schools in Jharkhand up to grade 8 will remain closed until June 17 due to heat wave | Details here

Jharkhand School Closure News Today: In the order, the education department said classes would remain closed as per the notice and open after June 17.

Jharkhand School Closing News Today: Jharkhand School Education and Literacy Department issued an order on Wednesday stating that all schools (up to grade 8) in the state will remain closed until June 17 and for grades 9-12, schools will remain closed until June 15 due to the heat wave prevailing in the state.

In the order, the education department said classes would remain closed as per the notice and open after June 17.

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Earlier, the Jharkhand government had announced the closure of all schools from June 12 for three days in the wake of the heat wave.

The order issued by the secretary of the school education and literacy department, K Ravi Kumar, said that taking into account the extreme heat and heat wave conditions in the state, all categories of government, non-government aided/unaided (including minorities) and all private schools operating in the state will remain closed from June 12 to June 14.

The development comes as the IMD predicted heat wave conditions for the state, saying the situation would remain the same for at least the next five days and heat wave warnings have been issued for parts of the state through June 15.

According to the IMD, the maximum temperature in the state fluctuates between 38 and 44 degrees Celsius.

On May 13, the IMD issued an orange alert for the next five days and said the situation will continue in Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Odisha and Andhra Pradesh.

On Monday, the IMD said heat waves are likely to prevail for two days in Telangana and one day in Andhra Pradesh state.