Guidelines for schools in delhi: The heat outbreak in Delhi is continuously increasing. Keeping this in mind, the Directorate of Education (Health Branch) has issued a new guideline for all government, aided and private schools. This guideline is the expansion of the previous circular issued on 27 March 2025 and its main objective is to take care of the safety and health of the students.

First of all, there will be no afternoon assembly in schools. This decision has been taken due to strong sunlight and rising temperature so that children can avoid sunlight. Apart from this, no class will be taken in open grounds or grounds now. All classes will be inside the room only.

Prohibition of external activities

All types of external activities such as sports, races or other physical activities have been stopped during heatwave. Until the weather is normal, children will participate in the activities inside only.

Schools must ensure that clean and cold drinking water is available for children. All water coolers and RO systems should be in the right condition. Along with this, fans should run properly in all classes and the ventilation of the rooms must be good.

‘Staff or guardian does not sit in strong sunlight’

Students will be given a break from time to time to drink water so that they can avoid dehydration. In addition, fire extinguishers in all corridors should be in working state. Children will be motivated to use hats, scarf or umbrella to avoid sunlight. It is important to take care of any student, staff or guardian in the strong sun or stay outside, it is important to take care of it.

If a student has a disease related to heat, then ORS and first aid facility will be available in the school itself. It will be mandatory to give information about every such case to a nearby hospital or health center. The already implemented cleanliness and safety rules will also be followed strictly. All these measures have been done keeping in mind the safety and health of the students.

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Imd weather forecast: In most parts of the country including Delhi, strong sunlight has started showing its effect. This year, the situation of heatwave was seen in many states including Rajasthan, Gujarat before time. During the time of May-June every year, the scorching heat knocks, but this time people got upset with the heat since the last week of March. Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has alerted that this time it is going to get more heat than normal.

Alert of scorching heat till April-June

Dr. Mrityunjay Mahapatra, Director General of Indian Meteorological Department (IMD), said on Saturday (5 April 2025) that this time the condition of El Nino will not be created during the monsoon season, due to which there will be more heat than normal in April to June. He told that in many states, there is a possibility of more heat stroke than normal.

From Delhi-NCR to UP-Bihar, there will be scorching heat

If IMD is to be believed, Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat, Haryana, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh and North Karnataka will have more heatwave in April-June. According to IMD, heatwave was recorded in Gujarat, Odisha from 10 to 18 March, which was more than normal.

Heatwave alert in these states

According to IMD, heatwave is likely to run in Gujarat-Rajasthan during April 5 to 9 and in Madhya Pradesh during April 7 to 9. On April 7 and 8, the heatstroke is likely to run in southern Punjab, Haryana and adjoining western Uttar Pradesh. The Meteorological Department has issued an alert regarding heatwave in western Rajasthan from 6 to 9 April.

Konkan and Goa are expected to have hot weather during 05-09 April. The temperature was recorded at 36-39 degrees Celsius on Friday (4 April 2025) in many parts of Haryana, Chandigarh, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Puvi Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Maharashtra.

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