In a major victory for the agitating associations of government school teachers, the state government took back its earlier decision to cancel the winter vacations this year. In an order the Education secretary R Meenakshi Sundaram said that the order of December 24 regarding cancelling the winter vacations in the government schools has been suspended. In the order the secretary says that the decision has been reversed in view of heavy snowfall and the cold wave like condition in the state. Sundaram added that separate orders for completion of course of the students of classes X and XII would be given later.
In an attempt to ensure that more classroom teaching is available to the students slated to appear in the board examinations, the state administration had earlier decided to do away with the winter vacations this year. The decision was prompted by the fact that since the schools remained closed for most part of the year due to the threat posed by the pandemic of the Covid-19, the students would get some classroom teaching by withdrawal of winter vacations. The decision however irked the teacher associations who opened a front against the government. The representatives of teachers had recently met the education minister Arvind Pandey and demanded that either the order should be taken back or the system of vacations should be altogether removed.
Friday, 01 January 2021 | PNS | Dehradun
