Because of the cold, Uttar Pradesh extends its school breaks.

According to media reports, the winter break for kids in grades up to eight has been extended by an additional two days because of the local weather. The Gautam Buddh Nagar administration had earlier ordered all Noida and Greater Noida schools to announce breaks for pupils in Class 8 through January 14. The directive was given by Rahul Panwar, the District Basic Education Officer, and it applies to all schools that are approved by the state board, CBSE, ICSE, IB, and other organizations.

Because of the frigid weather, the Uttar Pradesh administration has decided to prolong the school holidays by a few more days. In some areas, like Agra and Meerut, the school holidays have been prolonged until January 20, while in Gautam Budh Nagar, Ghaziabad, and Lucknow, they have been extended for an additional two days.Due to heavy fog, poor visibility, and a cold wave in the area, all Gautam Budh Nagar schools, from nursery to standard 8, would be closed until January 16, 2024, according to the department of basic education there. According to media sources, the winter break for Noida pupils up to class 8 has been prolonged until January 16 due to the current weather. But as of right now, no announcement has been made by the authorities.

Before, all schools in Noida and Greater Noida were told by the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration to declare holidays for pupils up to Class 8 until January 14."In compliance with the instructions given by District Magistrate Maneesh Kumar Verma in view of the dense fog and extreme cold, all the board (CBSE/ICSE IB, UP Board and others) affiliated schools (from Class nursery to 8) running in the district Gautam Buddh Nagar, will observe holiday till January 14," according to the official announcement. For the next five days, North India is expected to see dense to extremely dense fog, according to the IMD's forecast on Friday. Additionally, it had forecasted three days of cold day to extremely severe cold day wave conditions over the plains of Northwest India, followed by a decrease.No school, including double-shift institutions, is allowed to start courses earlier than nine in the morning, per the instruction. Furthermore, until further instructions are given, schools are not allowed to hold classes past 5 p.m. The winter vacation for classrooms up to the eighth grade in Chandigarh has been extended to January 20, 2024.