In the wake of swearing-in ceremony of Shivraj Singh Chouhan as Chief Minister and religious congregation Ijtema, all the CBSE schools in the State capital would remain closed for three days.
In view of making better arrangements, the administration has acquired school buses for the Ijtema and thus, the schools would be closed on Saturday and Monday.
Swearing-in ceremony of Chouhan would be on Saturday at Jamboree ground. The ceremony is likely to receive a huge gathering which is estimated at around 5 lakh people. Since, the venue is situated in BHEl township; the schools situated in the township- St Xavier School, Mount Fort School, Jawaharlal Nehru School, Carmel Convent Senior Secondary School have decided to close the schools voluntarily so that the students and parents do not face inconvenience.
Notably, several schools of the city remain close on second Saturday of the month and only parent meeting is held on second Saturday by these schools.
Besides, the three-day Ijtema is commencing from Saturday. Following this, in view of making better arrangements for the devotees, the administration has acquired school buses from different schools.
Anticipating 10 lakh Muslim devotees from across the globe during the three-day congregation, the administration has acquired school buses. Following this, the CSBE schools have declared holiday on Monday while district school department have asked the schools to act according to the situations.
Meanwhile, Rajiv Gandhi Technical University has cancelled all the examinations falling on Saturday, due to the traffic woes which would be created during the swearing in ceremony at Jamboree ground. The examinations conducted by the UIT of the university and all the engineering colleges would be affected.
Exam Controller AK Singh took the decision in this regard after discussing with the district Collector.