Assam faces heatwave conditions, school timings changed in Dibrugarh

Parts of Assam have been facing heatwave conditions, prompting the authorities in several areas to change school timings.

The Office of the District Elementary Education, considering the heatwave, issued an order to change the school timings.

The order stated that school hours would start early and end accordingly and similar other guidelines.

On Friday, the Assam government issued new guidelines, including school hours, for safeguarding students health amid the heatwave-like situation in the state.

The order stated that the school hours may start at 7.30 am and get over before or at 12.30 noon.