However, previously scheduled examinations, registration-related tasks and other official business will continue as planned.
SME officials said that summer vacation for students in the state usually starts after the first week of May. However, the proposal to pre-empt the summer vacations was submitted in view of the rising mercury level which soared above 40 degrees Celsius in many districts in the last few days.
Revenue and Disaster Management Minister Suresh Chandra Pujari has also informed that in view of rising temperature, Anganwadi centers will also be closed soon and arrangements will be made for door-to-door rations to children.
At least 24 stations recorded a temperature of 40 degrees Celsius and above on Thursday. The IMD has predicted the daytime temperature to rise to around 45 degrees Celsius in some parts of the state during the peak of summer in the coming days.
