Schools will not reopen on June 3

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Chennai:

After issuing a circular that the schools in Tamil Nadu will reopen on June 3 after the summer vacation, officials from the school education department on Tuesday clarified that it was a mistake and that the government would take a final call based on the weather.

In a circular on Monday, the directorate of school education asked all chief educational officers to ensure that free text books, note books and other items reached government schools on or before May 31 to be issued to students on June 3, the first day of school after the summer vacation.

Following this, many teachers’ associations urged the government to postpone the reopening citing the heat wave across the state. School education department officials told TOI that mentioning June 3 was a clerical error and that the government would announce the date based on the weather. Schools in Tamil Nadu were closed for the summer vacation ten days in advance on April 12 in view of the Lok Sabha elections, which were held on April 19 in the state.

The school education department clarified that the government would take a final call based on the weather