City Briefs

Parents of Delhi Public School,Pune,were left in a state of confusion when no school bus came to bus stops on Thursday morning. Parents later came to know the school was shut because of a strike by transport staff. Even though a few parents complained,the school authorities did not give any prior information about closure of the school. The principal had posted a circular on the school’s website. According to the circular,the school was shut because ‘the transport staff informed the outsourcing agency,their immediate employer,that they would not be reporting for duty on Thursday morning.’ The circular said the school would remain shut on Thursday and Friday and exams of Classes IV to XII,scheduled for September 15 will be postponed.