South Gujarat Schools asked to make up for flood-lost days by working on public holidays
(AI Generated Image)To make up for the days lost in the heavy downpour leading to an emergency situation, the District Education Officers of the six south Gujarat districts have directed schools to make up for the loss by working on public holidays. This is to comply with the 120 mandatory working days in the first semester which has just begun over a month ago.Heavy downpour had been witnessed on Thursday and Friday in South Gujarat. Many roads in the urban and rural areas in the region had been affected leading the government to announce a holiday on both days. Even in Ahmedabad which was badly affected by the heavy rainfall, schools and colleges were closed on both days. Keeping the present situation in mind and acting on the instructions of District Collectors of affected districts in South Gujarat, the District Education officers (DEO) of respective districts — Surat, Tapi, Bharuch, Navsari, Valsad and Dang declared holiday in the schools as a precautionary measure. As per the new notification issued by the District Education Officers of these districts in South Gujarat on Thursday evening, the education affected by the two-day holiday will be covered in the next two public holidays. This means that, in the next two upcoming public holidays, schools and colleges will remain operational, and students have to attend classes and cover the pending syllabus. Surat District Education Officer Bhagirathsinh Parmar told the Indian Express, “The education of students has been affected due to the heavy downpour and holidays declared on Thursday and Friday. In order not to make the students suffer, a decision has been taken to keep the school functioning in upcoming two public holidays. Now it is up to the schools to decide which two holidays they will select to keep the schools working. The school has to intimate the students early and declare the holidays for the upcoming two holidays.” Sources said that in the first academic semester 120 school days should be operational. The first terminal exams is due on October 19-28 which will be followed by the Diwali vacation till November 18.Story continues below this ad However on Thursday Morning, many students were unaware about the holiday declared by DEO or school authorities, as a result of which, large number of students reached to the schools in Surat city and District areas. After learning about the holidays, some students returned to their homes on their own while, in some cases, parents reached the school and took their kids back home. Parents have requested school authorities for advance intimation of such holidays declared in emergency situations so that students don’t end up coming to school risking their lives. On Thursday children of a school had to be rescued from a bus stranded in flood waters in Ahmedabad.
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