Engineering colleges on OMR declare holiday on Friday
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 10.10.2019
Engineering colleges along the Old Mamallapuram Road (Rajiv Gandhi Salai) have informed their students that there will be no classes on Friday during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, there is no official word from the state government on declaring holiday for schools and colleges yet.
The Chinese President’s motorcade will pass through Madhya Kailash-Sholinganallur stretch of OMR on its way to Mamallapuram but the movement during evening and night is expected to cause traffic pile-up during evening peak hours.
“Though the movement of vehicles may not get affected in the morning, the same would likely get disrupted in the evening due to traffic restrictions. We have informed students orally about closing the institution on Friday,” a professor said.
Many institutions are also planning to announce holiday on Saturday as well.
Deemed universities which have a significant north Indian students have already declared Pooja holidays till October 13, as per their usual practice.
However, school education department has not issued any direction on giving holidays so far. This has created considerable confusion and concern among schools and parents.
Sources in the school education department said there will be no holidays for schools on Friday. “The schools will be over before the arrival of the Chinese President. However, a final call on this matter will be taken by respective district collectors,” a source added.
Some schools on the East Coast Road and Adyar have announced that they will function as usual on Friday.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK 10.10.2019
Engineering colleges along the Old Mamallapuram Road (Rajiv Gandhi Salai) have informed their students that there will be no classes on Friday during the visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping. However, there is no official word from the state government on declaring holiday for schools and colleges yet.
The Chinese President’s motorcade will pass through Madhya Kailash-Sholinganallur stretch of OMR on its way to Mamallapuram but the movement during evening and night is expected to cause traffic pile-up during evening peak hours.
“Though the movement of vehicles may not get affected in the morning, the same would likely get disrupted in the evening due to traffic restrictions. We have informed students orally about closing the institution on Friday,” a professor said.
Many institutions are also planning to announce holiday on Saturday as well.
Deemed universities which have a significant north Indian students have already declared Pooja holidays till October 13, as per their usual practice.
However, school education department has not issued any direction on giving holidays so far. This has created considerable confusion and concern among schools and parents.
Sources in the school education department said there will be no holidays for schools on Friday. “The schools will be over before the arrival of the Chinese President. However, a final call on this matter will be taken by respective district collectors,” a source added.
Some schools on the East Coast Road and Adyar have announced that they will function as usual on Friday.
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