Srinagar, : Kashmir Valley including this summer capital of J&K sprung to life on Wednesday as children made their way to schools after long winter vacations.
According to reports reaching GNS, the students dressed in uniforms were seen heading to respective schools very early in the morning as the School Education Department has changed school timing in Srinagar city from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Some parents even expressed resentment over “too early” schooling. “The interest of students should be paramount. Normally timings used to be changed from April 1,” a number of parents said, adding, “There is still considerable chill during the morning hours and people at the helm of affairs should not lose sight of it.”
The schools up to class 5th were ordered to observe winter vacation from December 1 to February 28, the classes from 6th to 8th from December 12 and those from 9th to 12 standard from December 19.
School timings in Srinagar changed to avoid traffic jams: Div Com Kashmir
Meanwhile, the Divisional Commissioner (Div Com) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar Bidhuri said school timing in the city was changed in view of ongoing works under Smart City project. He apologised to students and parents over the change in the timing.
After flagging off Asia’s longest cycle race from Kashmir to Kanyakumari, he said that as works under Smart City project are going on, authorities had to change school timings so that people do not face traffic jams.
He said to avoid huge traffic jams, school timings were changed for the public good.
“We are getting good cooperation from parents and children. I want to apologize to them for the change in school timing but things will improve in a big way in the coming time,” he added.
On being asked about upgradation of sports infrastructure, he said playgrounds are being constructed in each Panchayat of the Valley.
“People should come to me if they find any deficiency in sports infrastructure in any area. Sports infrastructure is being improved in a big way,” he said.(GNS)
