Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday announced that schools for all classes in the city will reopen from November 29. Sisodia, who also holds the portfolio of Education Minister, shared an official order on micro-blogging site Twitter and wrote, “All the schools in Delhi will reopen from November 29, 2011, for all classes.”
The City Government has closed all schools and colleges in view of increased air pollution. Environment Minister Gopal Rai on November 24 gave orders to reopen schools mentioning Capital’s air is improving.
On November 13, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal announced to close all schools and colleges till November 20 in view of the severe air pollution while allowing schools to conduct the classes in virtual mode from November 15.
Again, the City Government had shut down schools earlier from November 21, as no improvement in air quality was observed in the national Capital. However, the online classes will continue, the Directorate of Education (DoE) had said then.
Meanwhile, Delhi’s air recorded at the higher end of the very poor category with overall air quality index (AQI) settling at 372 on the National Ambient Air Quality Index (NAAQI), due to unfavorable weather conditions.
