Bihar Withdraws Order On Reducing Holidays

For School Teachers in the state…

"The holiday chart issued for government and government-aided elementary and secondary/higher secondary schools under departmental order memorandum no. 2112 dated 29.08.2023 is canceled," a circular was issued.

Earlier, the Bihar secondary education department had announced the reduction of holidays for teachers from 23 to 11 which led to a huge chaos among teachers in the state who had even warned of protests.

In many schools, teachers were seen attending classes wearing black badges. Many teachers had even gone to the extent of challenging the Additional Chief Secretary of the education department, KK Pathak.

Several teachers had also pointed out that the attendance of students on those festive days would be negligible.

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) which is in opposition in the state had also criticised the Nitish Kumar government for curtailing holidays on Rakshabandhan, Dussehra, Diwali, and Chhath.

The education department had said that it aimed to hold classes for 220 days in an academic year and hence this decision was taken.