Gujarat government has finally cancelled eight-day Navratri vacation declared earlier for the state-run or affiliated schools and colleges following opposition from the self-financed schools.
For the first time, the BJP government had last year declared holidays during the Navratri on ‘popular demand’. This year as well, the state government had announced that an eight-day vacation will be given between September 30 and October 7.
However, after taking into consideration the views of the management of several schools that were against the decision to give vacation, the state government during its cabinet meeting on Thursday, decided to scrap the holidays earlier announced for the schools and colleges of the Gujarat board.
“After intense deliberations and in the wake of representations received from various quarters, the state cabinet, under the leadership of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani, decided not to give Navratri vacations,” Education Minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama said after the cabinet meet in Gandhinagar.
Navratri holidays for schools and colleges cancelled by Gujarat govt
