All schools of Uttar Pradesh’s Gautam Budha Nagar have been directed to discontinue physical classes in view of the poor air quality in Delhi-NCR. From pre-schools to class 9 have been directed to conduct classes online up to November 10, DM Gautam Budha Nagar said in an official notice, reported ANI.
Delhi’s air quality index has fallen into the ‘severe’ category (400+ AQI), prior to Diwali festivities. Apart from schools in Delhi and Noida, Gurugram and Faridabad administrations have also ordered the suspension of classes from nursery up to class five. The AQI in Faridabad has been “extremely dangerous” for the last week. It reached 412 on Monday. Schools have been directed to conduct classes online.
In view of the poor air quality, all schools of the District Gautam Budha Nagar are directed to follow the implementation of the Graded Responses Action Plan Stage 4 order by discontinuing physical classes from Pre School to Class 9th up to 10 November and conduct lessons in… pic.twitter.com/2YaPx3vNPg— ANI (@ANI) November 7, 2023
All government and primary schools in Delhi too have been ordered to remain shut till November 10. All classes have been directed to opt for online classes except for grades 10 and 12. Schools can choose whether they want to hold online classes for classes 10 and 12 or call them to school. According to an order by the directorate of education in Delhi, teachers must go to their respective schools and conduct online classes from there. The heads of the respective schools have been ordered to inform the parents about the same.
The AQI in Delhi today morning was recorded as ‘very poor’. This is a slight improvement from the last few days when the AQI was recorded as ‘severe’. Delhi’s AQI stood at 394 on Tuesday, slightly better than 421 AQI, which was recorded at 4 pm on Monday. A meeting for the implementation of the odd-even scheme will be held today.
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