School Holidays: Maharashtra, Delhi-NCR — list of states that have extended summer vacations, revised timings

In Nanded also, District Collector Rahul Kardile on Sunday directed all schools and junior colleges to operate from 8 am to 12:30 pm until further orders.

Earlier, Odisha had also extended its summer vacation till June 18. The announcement was made by Odisha School and Mass Education Minister Nityananda Gond, who had asked all the government and private schools to stay closed till the earlier mentioned date, which started from April 27.

Uttar Pradesh is yet another state to extend its summer vacation till June 24. The regular classes will commence on June 25. Starting from this year onwards, schools in UP will have their summer vacation between May 20 and June 24, every year.

The decision was taken by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, with the government citing children’s safety, health and access to quality education as key priorities amid rising temperatures. Officials said the move would bring uniformity to the academic calendar across Uttar Pradesh and reduce the need for district administrations to repeatedly extend school holidays at the local level due to heatwave conditions.

Apart from this, Delhi, Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, and Punjab had also announced a revised schedule for government and private schools amid heatwaves in the country.

(With Inputs from PTI)