Noida: Following gusty winds and light rain on Wednesday that brought respite from the intense heatwave earlier this week, the basic education department has issued an order allowing CBSE schools in Noida to revert to normal school timings from April 30 for classes nursery to VIII.
The earlier directive, issued on Sunday, had shifted school timings from 8 am to 2 pm to 7.30 am to 12.30 pm in response to soaring temperatures that crossed 42 degrees Celsius earlier this week.
“The order was issued for CBSE schools, including private institutions, due to heatwave conditions. Since the weather has improved, schools can now resume normal timings,” said Rahul Panwar, Noida’s basic education officer. He added that government schools will continue with the 7.30 am to 12.30 pm schedule.
District inspector of schools Rajesh Kumar Singh confirmed that the rollback also applies to classes IX to XII.
The reversal comes a day after a delegation of parents met District Magistrate Medha Roopam to protest the reduced school hours. Parents argued that the revised schedule was disrupting academic learning and creating difficulties for working families.
Manish Kumar, a parent from Greater Noida West, said, “The shortened timings have been affecting our children’s academic progress and creating challenges for working parents. Schools already lose significant teaching days due to summer and winter vacations, weekends, pollution-related closures, fog, heavy rain and heatwave alerts.”
Parents have welcomed the administration’s decision to restore normal schedules.
Weather conditions across Delhi-NCR improved significantly on Wednesday following early morning rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds that brought relief from the intense heatwave. The maximum temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 37 degrees Celsius.
