Noida: After gusty winds and light rain on Wednesday brought relief from the scorching heat recorded earlier this week, the basic education department has issued an order stating that CBSE schools in Noida can revert to normal school timings from April 30 for classes nursery to VIII.The earlier order, issued on Sunday, shifted school timings from 8am to 2pm to 7.30am to 12.30pm in response to soaring temperatures that crossed 42 degrees Celsius earlier this week.“The order was issued for CBSE schools, including private institutions, due to heatwave conditions. Since the weather has improved, schools can now resume normal timings,” Noida’s basic education officer Rahul Panwar said, adding that govt schools will continue with the 7.30 am to 12.30 pm school timings.District inspector of schools Rajesh Kumar Singh confirmed that the rollback also applies to classes IX to XII.The reversal comes a day after a delegation of parents met district magistrate Medha Roopam to protest the reduced school hours. Parents argued that the revised schedule was disrupting academic learning and creating difficulties for working families.A parent from Greater Noida West, Manish Kumar, said, “The shortened timings have been affecting our children’s academic progress and have been creating challenges for working parents. Schools already lose significant teaching days due to summer and winter vacations, weekends, pollution-related closures, fog, heavy rain and heatwave alerts.”The parents have welcomed the administration’s decision to restore normal schedules.Weather conditions across Delhi-NCR improved significantly on Wednesday following early morning rain, thunderstorms and gusty winds that brought relief from the intense heatwave. Maximum temperature on Wednesday was recorded at 37 degrees Celsius.
