Haryana schools to follow revised school timings from tomorrow, check new timing here

Haryana schools will be following the changed timings from Monday December 20, 2021. The timings for offline classes have been changed so as to avoid early morning classes after a sudden decline in temperature and rising cold weather in the state. As per the revised timing, the classes will be conducted between 10 am and 2 pm. However, this Haryana school timing will not be the reporting time for teachers and staff members. They will have to be present at schools from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. The Haryana State Government made the announcement of a change in school timing on Friday, December 17, 2021.

Directorate of Information, Public Relations and Languages Department, Haryana tweeted, “Timings of all private and government schools in Haryana have been changed. Now the time has been fixed for the students from 10 am to 2 pm. Whereas teachers will have to be present from 9:30 am to 2:30 pm. This order will remain in force from December 20 till further orders.”

Online classes to continue

Students should know that the order informs that classes will be held through both online as well as offline modes. Students who do not want to attend offline classes have the option of continuing with online classes. However, parents should know that they will have to inform the school authority prior if their children are not willing to attend offline classes. Attendance will not be mandatory for students and they will not be pressurized for it, the government statement said.

Bhagavad Gita Verses to be included in school syllabus

Haryana Education Minister Kanwar Pal Gurjar, on December 13  announced that the state government is going to include the verses of Bhagavad Gita in school textbooks. The verses will be added in the syllabus from the next academic session, the minister told ANI. Gurjar further added this decision will motivate people and also help society.

"Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has said that we will include the verses of Gita in the syllabus of school books. We will soon finish the work and include them in the syllabus from the next session. State Government's decision will motivate people and also help society," Kanwar Pal Gurjar told ANI.