Amid cold wave, Jharkhand government announces closure of classes till grade 8 from January 7 to 13

The School Education and Literacy Department, in a notification issued on Saturday evening, announced that the suspension of classes for students till grade 8 will be for all categories of schools, including government, aided, minority and private, in view of prevailing cold wave conditions in the state.

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Jharkhand continues to reel under cold wave conditions with the mercury falling below 6 degrees Celsius in some parts.

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The department, in the notification, further said that classes for students of classes 9 to 12 would be held as usual.

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Dry weather prevailed in the state during the last 24 hours with the lowest minimum temperature of 5.3 degrees Celsius recorded in Khunti, it said.