The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued a notice extending winter holidays for schools in the Valley and winter zone areas of the Jammu division due to inclement weather. The notice was shared by Minister of School/Higher Education, Health & Medical Education, and Social Welfare, Sakina Itoo. Schools will now reopen on March 7, 2025, instead of March 1, 2025.
The minister took to his official X (formally Twitter) profile and tweeted, ‘In response to the prevailing weather conditions in the valley, schools up to higher secondary level will no reopen on March 7, 2025’.
The official notice reads, ‘The winter vacations declared vide Government Order No. 521-JK( Edu) of 2024 dated 06.12.2024 for all government/ private schools up to higher secondary level of Kashmir Division and winter zone(s) of Jammu Division are hereby extended up to March 6, 2025. The schools will now reopen on March 7, 2025, instead of March 1, 2025.’
As per the information, for Classes 5 to 12, the winter vacation was from December 16, 2024 to February 28, 2025. And, the schools were scheduled to reopen on March 1, 2025.
Students, parents and guardians, are advised to keep in touch with their respective schools for further updates.
