DE News Report
Classes at all primary, secondary schools and colleges resumed on Sunday after Eid-ul-Fitr holidays and subsequent extension due to heat wave sweeping the country since the first week of April.
The educational institutions reopened Sunday although there is no remarkable change in the heat wave condition, worrying the guardians, especially those of primary level students. Meanwhile, Bangladesh Meteorological Department (BMD) has issued a warning that the ongoing heat wave may persist for 72 hours starting Sunday morning.
“Due to increasing moisture incursion, the discomfort may increase,” said the Met. With the latest one, the Met office issued the heat alert for the fourth time in the current month.
Schools and colleges were scheduled to reopen on April 21 after the end of Eid holidays but the closure was extended till April 27 due to sweltering heat across the country caused by heat waves.
Khulna Correspondent reports, the guardians expressed worry how their children would stay in classrooms for six hours amid scorching heat as the classes of secondary schools start at 10 am and continue till 4 pm.
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Md Mashiur Rahman, a guardian said, “How will my child will stay in her class for a long time amid the sweltering heat? It would have been better if the government had extended the ongoing holidays.”
