Sankranti break in Telangana: Schools to remain close from January 12 to January 17

Telangana schools have announced holidays for Sankranti 2024. The schools of the state will be closed for 6 days, from 12 to 17 January 2024. The schools of Telangana declared this information officially through the Telangana School Holidays 2024 calendar to celebrate the Sankranti. Sankranti is a Hindu festival, which marks the start of the harvesting season in the country and is celebrated across the country. The official notice will be distributed before the closure of the schools and the students and the guardians are told to contact the respective schools for the confirmation.

According to the reports, the intermediate students of Telangana schools will have the Sankranti breaks from 13 January to 16 January and the classes will start from January 17 again. Moreover the TS Inter final exams will start from January 22 to January 29. However, this break will not be applied to the missionary schools. The director of school education issued the Telangana academic calendar, declaring vacations including the summer vacation, and other holidays.

As the Makar Sankranti break will end, the Formative Assessment (FA 4) exams of class 1 to10 will start from January 29 to February 29. Also, the summative assessment (SA 2) exams of class 1 to 9 are to be held from April 8 to April 18, 2024.

Notably, the Sankranti and Bhogi holidays are now part of the regular holiday list thanks to the Telangana administration. Students should be aware that there are two additional holidays listed following Sankranti. The first is on January 25, which is Hazrath Ali's birthday and is an optional holiday; the second is on January 26, which is Republic Day, a general holiday.

Makar Sankranti is a Hindu festival that is observed on January 14 or 15, every year. It signifies the start of the harvest season in India and the end of the winter season. It marks the beginning of longer days, and people celebrate the holiday around the world according to their local traditions and customs.

On this occasion, people take sacred baths in holy rivers, exchange sesame and jaggery sweets, fly kites, and offer prayers to the sun god. Showcasing the rich diversity of the country’s cultural heritage, this festival is celebrated in different ways in regions of India with unique names.